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slumpystones Mar 28, 2007 16:01:09
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Some of the big excavations have delivered dates for construction ,and they do cover a wide time scale but regardless of change of use or ritual the orientations would still be the same .
The problem with dating reusable tombs is that you can only date the final use date.

We're going to have to wait until they get a crack at EKLB for the definitive answer methinks.

T tiompan
tiompan Mar 28, 2007 16:09:03
Replying to slumpystones

slumpystones wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Some of the big excavations have delivered dates for construction ,and they do cover a wide time scale but regardless of change of use or ritual the orientations would still be the same .
The problem with dating reusable tombs is that you can only date the final use date.

We're going to have to wait until they get a crack at EKLB for the definitive answer methinks.

In the case of Newgrange it wasn't only the human remains that provided the dating but charcoal used for caulking between roof slabs .