The day before death: A new archaeological technique gives insight into the day before death

Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 01:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

For more than a century archaeologists have carefully brushed and shoveled away the soil surrounding human skeletons. It was thought that the soil was without any value -- but now ground-breaking research from Danish scientists show that that the soil holds the key to very detailed information about the individual in the grave.

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