Tag: burial
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A Hundred Hungry Graves
By Sarah Briest The recent excavation of an early 17th-century plague pit in London led archaeologists to somewhat unexpected conclusions. Whereas contemporary written accounts highlight the horrors and indignities of plague burial, the new-found site indicated an unforeseen degree of care and respect bestowed on the bodily remains of plague victims. The discovery was made…
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Progress of the DEEPDEAD project featured recently in European media
Ladislav Smejda was recently interviewed by Deutschlandfunk a German Radio station which was an exciting way to let the wider public know about wider ecological implications of the Research Project. The interview discusses how death can be both helpful and harmful to the environment due to the chemical components in our bodies being released…
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Why the dead are so loud in Bosnia
by Miriam Edlich-Muth 21st century excavations of dead bodies usually only impinge on the public consciousness in the context of violent crime or atrocities. My area of the DEEPDEAD project will be dealing in part with the ways in which narratives of violence have been attached to human remains in the description of medieval relics.…