[quote="Andy Moss"]This thread is fascinating, who knows where it will branch off to next. No more on females then. Well perhaps a bit more below.
Yes. Ancient pollen and insects. Occasionally bigger fayre from long dead people to mammoths. Recreating past environments from peat bogs, lake sediments and archaeological sites. Sort of like CSI but on a longer timescale. Working on an Iron Age Hillfort from Leicestershire at this minute....the surrounding ditch is full of skeletons of women and children.
One opponent I know - his dad was chauffer to the Kray twins.....[/quote]
Hmmmmmm! Peat Bogs. Peat Moss. ANDY MOSS. Many surnames derived from occupations, like Taylor, Potter, Baker, Cooper, Farmer, etc. Andy did it in reverse, he found an occupation that goes with his surname!!
[B]On a more serious note[/B], my latest magazine subscription is to Archaeology Magazine (I have an interest in early history) and have read with much interest the finding in Leicester (Greyfriars)of the remains of King Richard III, who died in Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 (War of the Roses). Of note, also, was the finding of the actual battlefield, which earlier scholars had thought to be a mile or so away.
Another recent find in Leicester was a 1700 year old cemetery.
Fascinating!!!
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