might indicate the use of teeth as tools maybe for textile work, leatherwork, basketry, where they re pulling something through their front teeth. so, all together, we ll have a really good not only life history of these people, but also a community history. got something that looks like glass. pick it out carefully. what s being found alongside the skeletons is posing even more of a puzzle. it is glass. a shard of fine french glass has just been discovered. hopefully, the rim from a cone beaker. so which would have looked like an ice cream cone and it probably was imported alongside wine in barrels from the bordeaux region of france. a really nice find. it s just one of an array of artifacts from fragments of pottery, perhaps from north africa, to a tiny carved peg. this little object is manufactured from animal bone. it could be a peg for
now, they re all aligned in the same position, running from east to west. and in some of them the skeletons are flat on their backs with their legs outstretched. but in others, like this one over here, the skeleton is in a really unusual crouching position. why this is isn t clear. were burial practices changing over time? or was there something else marking these people out as different? the skeletons are being carefully excavated and they re already providing clues about who these people were and what they did. we have some teeth that are very worn in kind of a funny way. that might indicate the use of teeth as tools, maybe for textile work, leatherwork, basketry, and where they re pulling something through their front teeth. that is glass. a shard of fine french glass has just been discovered. probably the rim from a cone beaker, so which would have looked - like an ice cream cone.
running from east to west. and in some of them the skeletons are flat on their backs with their legs outstretched. but in others, like this one over here, the skeleton is in a really unusual crouching position. why this is isn t clear. were burial practices changing over time? or was there something else marking these people out as different? the skeletons are being carefully excavated and they re already providing clues about who these people were and what they did. we have some teeth that are very worn in kind of a funny way. that might indicate the use of teeth as tools, maybe for textile work, leatherwork, basketry, and where they re pulling something through their front teeth. that is glass. a shard of fine french glass has just been discovered. probably the rim from a cone beaker, so which would have looked - like an ice cream cone. a really nice find. it s just one of an array of artefacts, from fragments
we know little about. what s being revealed is baffling the archaeologists. it s really rare to have a site like this. each one of these is a grave, and the team of excavated 18, so far, but they think there could be more than 70 at this site. now they re all aligned in the same position, running from east to west. and in some of them, the skeletons are flat on their backs with their legs outstretched. but in others, like this one over here, the skeleton is in a really unusual crouching position. why this is isn t clear. were burial practices are changing over time? changing over time? or was there something else marking these people out as different? the skeletons are some of the best preserved. we re actually very, very lucky with that. and this particular individual is one of our better preserved ones on the site as a whole. the skeletons are being carefully excavated and they re already providing clues about how these people lived and died. as bones get cleaned, we ll find patholog
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