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Bronze Age burial ritual shown to have flowers in grave goods


Dig in Scotland has discovered a bunch of meadowsweet blossoms in a Bronze Age grave at Forteviot, south of Perth.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8412938.stm
mascot Posted by mascot
15th December 2009ce
Edited 15th December 2009ce

Comments (1)

I quite like this... :)

They're so tiny - shows a great dedication to detail.

Also mentioned here: http://mikepitts.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/meadowsweeet-to-the-grave/#more-1219 (and, as the blog post says, in teh British Archaeology magazine)

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goffik Posted by goffik
15th December 2009ce
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