17th November 2005, 10:49 AM
Just to follow the middle way for the moment, history is littered by individuals who have had a morbid preoccupation with death and directed precisely what they want buried with them and how, whereas others (i'm dealing with a particular example of a 14th century knight at the moment) didn't have any influence on the location of their burial let alone any of the furnishings which were entirely down to relatives who chose the most high status place at the time even though the person in question had next to no links. Aren't the exceptions what make archaeology fun 
(I really have worked in the field)

(I really have worked in the field)