16th January 2014, 07:03 PM
P Prentice Wrote:i've seen niches in rb buildings that must have contained skulls and also been a shrine, focus of coin and brooch deposition so curated cremations not out of the question. in the old days of ams people dated the ash which was a problem and now even a single date on calcined bone might mask a multiple burial - even in a pot. can of worms unless you can manage multiple dates so knowing the weight is the least of your worries
Lets not run before we can walk (although you are right), any C14 dates in Roman archaeology seem to be enough of a novelty (have been having considerable difficulty finding any comparative data), let alone multiple determinations, but I'm sure they'll catch up :face-stir: