11th May 2005, 09:20 AM
We had a neonate in a shallow rubbish pit on a Roman site in Essex - the soil conditions were variable, but the only other burials retrieved in good condition were crems. The neonate was nearer to the house than the other burials, and in very good condition, which we put down to the charcoal and oyster shell in the pit fill. Also in Essex, a site with a few Roman burials including an infant in the side of a ditch, with an oyster shell over the chest, again some distance from the other burials.
Body at work and mind on vacation
Body at work and mind on vacation