8th February 2007, 02:40 PM
Els - you're quite right, and I didn't mean to suggest that prehistoric burials are more 'valuable' than historic ones.
I was mainly referring to burial practices, which are generally speaking less well understood for proto- and prehistoic periods then for the historical era (at least in Europe), although I am not saying that there aren't instances when interesting lessons can be learnt with tespect to that from historical burials either.
I was mainly referring to burial practices, which are generally speaking less well understood for proto- and prehistoic periods then for the historical era (at least in Europe), although I am not saying that there aren't instances when interesting lessons can be learnt with tespect to that from historical burials either.