By Rich Bowden, M&C Staff Writer Sep 17, 2007, 13:35 GMT
(M&C) - Archaeologists excavating a site at at Pode Hole Quarry near Peterborough, have discovered a significant Bronze Age burial site. With scientists already having discovered a 3,500-year-old man's skeleton at the location in a quarry, they added to their discovery by uncovering the remains of a small child.
Archaeologists have unearthed a number of artefacts in the area which point to a settlement in the quarry they have been excavating for eight years but the skeletons are the first human connection to the site.
"All evidence is important, but this allowed us to put a human face to the past," Dr Andy Richmond of the archaeological team said to the BBC. "We know a lot about the economy and now we've found a part of the jigsaw we hadn't had, we can see something of the people of the area."
Experts will now examine the child's skeleton to determine the age and sex of the child and any diseases it may have suffered from and its diet.
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