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This skeleton takes up only half of the grave cut. Why? It is prone. Why? Its hands appear to have...

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This enormous boulder was most likely deposited through glacial action. It sits in an ancient riverbed.

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Close-up of the boulder.

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This cow skeleton sits in what is now a shallow grave cut.

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Why would somebody bury a cow?

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Perhaps it was well loved.

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Perhaps the modern distinction between human and animal was not drawn in prehistory.

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A small pot was placed at the foot of this crouched inhumation.

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Perhaps this pot once contained organic material.

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In this instance bone preservation was poor.

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The grave cut for this inhumation is shallow.

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A patch of burnt material was recovered from behind the skeleton within the cut. A burnt offering?

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The remains of the skull of another poorly preserved crouched inhumation.

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No grave goods were recovered.

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Perhaps any grave offerings were organic.

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This grave was cut into the bedrock.

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A nice deep grave cut.

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A beautifully crafted and decorated glass bracelet emerges from the lowest fill of a sub-circular pit.

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