Mar 24, 2005 19:46
19 yrs ago
English term
Burial Depressions
English
Science
Archaeology
Burial Depressions
- Single Depression Reflects Body May Be Below Two Feet in Depth
- Double Depression Reflects Body May Be Less That Two Feet in Depth
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Ist it just a simple hole dug for human body burial? But why can it be double or single?
- Single Depression Reflects Body May Be Below Two Feet in Depth
- Double Depression Reflects Body May Be Less That Two Feet in Depth
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Ist it just a simple hole dug for human body burial? But why can it be double or single?
Responses
| 4 +5 | sagging earth long after burial |
JeffFish (X)
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| 4 | hundimiento por entierros, sitios hundidos por entierros |
Lillian van den Broeck
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| 3 | answer below |
bigedsenior
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sagging earth long after burial
A burial depression is a slight cave-in of the earth, often because the coffin has decomposed to the point of collapse. Therefore, a double depression would be a double dip in the ground.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CEMETERY/2003-09/106321...
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CEMETERY/2003-09/106321...
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Comment: "Thank you."
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Lillian van den Broeck
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Lillian van den Broeck, writer and poet
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hundimiento por entierros, sitios hundidos por entierros
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Peer comment(s):
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JeffFish (X)
: Still not a Spanish question
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answer below
In some ancient cultures, husband and wife were buried together. So it may be a case of a double burial leading to two depressions at shallow depths, but forming one at greater depths.
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