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☆ A 15-year-old medieval girl was buried face down with her ankles possibly tied together to stop her from returning from the dead, researchers say
  + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A 9th century gravesite unearthed in England suggests ancient settlers may have feared the undead. Researchers with the Museum of London Archeology discovered a 15-year-old girl buried face-down. Archeologists, however, discovered the Conington girl buried face-down in a pit that marked the entrance to the small settlement and believe her ankles may have also been tied together, according to the MOLA statement. Archeologists unearthed the remains of a 15-year-old girl in a Medieval settlement near Conington, Cambridgeshire several years ago. "Her burial rites may have reflected the nature of her death, or her social identity or that of her family."
Persons: MOLA, Don Walker, Matteo Borrini, Osteologists, Nicolaus, Walker Organizations: Museum of London Archeology, Service, Privacy, Museum of London, Infrastructure, Conington . Oxford, Liverpool John Moores University, MOLA Headland, Nicolaus Copernicus University Locations: England, Wall, Silicon, Conington , Cambridgeshire, MOLA, Conington, Europe, Cambridgeshire
☆ Medieval girl buried face down, ankles possibly tied, to prevent ‘return’ from the grave
  + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —Analysis of the remains of a young Medieval girl, who was buried face down with her ankles potentially tied together, suggests extra measures were taken to ensure “she could not ‘return’ from the grave,” archaeologists have said. “To be buried face-down is thought to have been a social expression of ‘otherness’, a burial practice reserved for people considered outside of Early Medieval society,” MOLA said. MOLA Headland InfrastructureOsteologists – bone specialists – at MOLA found evidence to suggest the girl was of a low social status. She was buried in a pit that used to hold an entry post for the Early Medieval Gatehouse at the Conington settlement. Oxford Archaeology“As well as being buried face down on a boundary, the position of her ankles suggests they may have been tied together.
Persons: MOLA, “, ” MOLA, ”, –, Don Walker Organizations: CNN, Museum of London, Infrastructure, “ Locations: English, Conington, Cambridgeshire, MOLA, England, Medeival England, MOLA senior, Oxford
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