of pottery, perhaps from north africa, to a tiny carved peg. this little object is manufactured from animal bone. could be a peg for fora gaming board. it suggests people were coming to the cemetery to meet up the living and the dead existing together. they are burying their dead, but they re also undertaking other forms of activity and social practice, including eating and drinking and feasting. the items unearthed in the cemetery suggest that the people were of a high status. the next step is to work out exactly who they were. archaeologists hope their excavation will reveal much more about the medieval way of life that s remained an enigma for so long. rebecca morelle, bbc news, cardiff. i will be back in a few minutes. do you lewis vaughanjones i will be back in a few minutes. do you lewis vaughan jones stay with us. i am thank you, bye bye.
a really nice find. it s just one of an array of artefacts, from fragments of pottery, perhaps from north africa, to a tiny carved peg. this little object is manufactured from animal bone. could be a peg for fora gaming board. it suggests people were coming to the cemetery to meet up the living and the dead existing together. they are burying their dead, but they re also undertaking other forms of activity and social practice, including eating and drinking and feasting. the items unearthed in the cemetery suggest that the people were of a high status. the next step is to work out exactly who they were. archaeologists hope their excavation will reveal much more about the mediaeval way of life that s remained an enigma for so long. rebecca morelle, bbc news, cardiff. let s speak to summer courts, a phd research student at reading university and osteoarchaeologist working on the fonmon project.
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