Archaeologists have discovered a mass burial site in the south of Scotland that dates to about 3,300 years ago.
Excavations undertaken
in 2020 and 2021 revealed a Bronze Age barrow, which is an ancient burial
mound. Inside the mound, cremated bones of several people were contained inside
5 closely-packed urns.
It is postulated that
some event—possibly a famine—had resulted in so many burials at the same time.
The cremated bones of at least 8 individuals were placed in this one burial
event sometime between 1439 and 1287 BC. A small group of pits to the north
revealed late Neolithic activity between 2867 and 2504 BC.
It is significant that
the mass burial remains were cremated and buried almost immediately. This is
unusual because there was a tradition in the Bronze Age of leaving bodies out
for some time.
Other Bronze Age sites
in the region indicate this may have been a time of stress, as they show
evidence of famine and abandonment.
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