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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.
More at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8412938.stm
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)
G x
Posted by
goffik
15th December 2009ce
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