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Whitehorse Hill Burial

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annis
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Whitehorse Hill Burial

Post by annis » Sun March 9th, 2014, 5:56 pm

Discoveries made during the excavation of a 4,000 year old grave on White Horse Hill, Dartmoor, England have rewritten the history of Bronze Age Britain.

Story here at the Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014 ... ge-history

More detail about the goods discovered here:
http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/lookinga ... ill-burial

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Post by fljustice » Wed March 12th, 2014, 4:45 pm

Very interesting. Thanks for the link, annis!
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Post by DianeL » Sun March 16th, 2014, 5:21 pm

Fascinating!
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