Skeletal remains and skull fragments of two Bronze Age women have been found at a construction site in Great Britain.
Their remains were found on a building site for 41 houses in Kent, along with animal bones, pottery and evidence of a Roman road, while a necessary archaeological survey was carried out. first reported by the BBC.
One of the women, aged around 30-35, was found buried, the report said.The position was documented already in the Late Neolithicor about 5,500-4,700 years ago and up to the Early Bronze Age, according to burial archeology experts.
Although some archaeologists study past burial practices through excavated remains, they cannot say exactly why certain people were buried in certain positions.
Skull fragments found at the site are believed to belong to another young woman, B.C. 500-400 AD, the BBC reports, and will be archived at Kent County Council's museum alongside other new finds.
Previous discoveries in England have led researchers to believe that Bronze Age Britons used different methods. to mummify the deadincluding temporarily placing them in swamps, smoking them over fires, or removing their organs after death.
These new Bronze Age finds and artefacts could give researchers more insight into the era when people first explored the use of metal for tools, weapons, jewelery and ritual purposes, and marked a time when agriculture became more widespread in and around Kent : Southeast region of England.