Info Of Radiocarbon Dating Reveals Volume Grave Did Appointment To The Viking Age

A squad of archaeologists, led yesteryear Cat Jarman from the University of Bristol's Department of Anthropology in addition to Archaeology, has discovered that a volume grave uncovered inwards the 1980s dates to the Viking Age in addition to may bring been a burial site of the Viking Great Army country of war dead.

One of the woman soul skulls from the Repton charnel [Credit: Cat Jarman]

Although the remains were initially idea to hold out associated alongside the Vikings, radiocarbon dates seemed to advise the grave consisted of bones collected over several centuries. New scientific research, published inwards Antiquity, straight off shows that this was non the illustration in addition to that the bones are all consistent alongside a engagement inwards the piece of cake ninth century. Historical records solid soil that the Viking Great Army wintered inwards Repton, Derbyshire, inwards 873 A.D. in addition to drove the Mercian manful soul monarch into exile.

Excavations led yesteryear archaeologists Martin Biddle in addition to Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle at St Wystan's Church inwards Repton inwards the 1970s in addition to 1980s discovered several Viking graves in addition to a charnel deposit of well-nigh 300 people underneath a shallow mound inwards the vicarage garden.

The mound appears to bring been a burial monument linked to the Great Army.

An Anglo-Saxon building, mayhap a majestic mausoleum, was cutting downward in addition to partially ruined, earlier beingness turned into a burial chamber.

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