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.