Posted on 02/16/2019 12:42:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from the Deccan College Deemed University in Pune have discovered two skeletons, a young male and a female, buried at the same time in the same grave with the man's face turned toward the woman.
It is the first anthropologically confirmed joint burial of a couple in a Harappan cemetery. The 'couple's grave' was found in the Harappan settlements excavated at Rakhigarhi in Harayana, some 150km northwest of Delhi.
Archaeologists said evidence points at the couple being buried simultaneously or about the same time. They could not find clear evidence if one was buried after the other.
Although many settlements and cemeteries have been discovered and investigated, no couple's burials at Harappan cemeteries have been reported till date. Archaeologists who excavated this site found the two bodies placed in the supine position (face up) with arms and legs extended...
Vasant Shinde, corresponding author of the research, and vice chancellor of Deccan College Deemed University, told TOI that archaeologists in India have often debated about the historical meaning of joint burials.
He said the Harappans believed in life after death which explains the pottery and bowls found in the graves...
Their ages at the time of death have been estimated to be between 21 and 35 years and the man's approximate height as 5 feet 6 inches and the woman's as 5 feet 2 inches. Researchers could not find any evidence of trauma or lesions in the skeletons.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
It is the first anthropologically confirmed joint burial of a couple in a Harappan cemetery. The 'couple's grave' was found in the Harappan excavations at Rakhigarhi, Harayana. Evidence points at the couple being buried simultaneously or about the same ti
Sorry for the high GGG volume of the past few days. I think we're all caught up now. Many thanks to the new contributors!
You’re on a roll tonight. Lots of really cool stuff ... and lot in places I’ve never heard of. A fun geography lesson.
I was offline a few days (under the weather, that really sucked btw) so I got rippin' on a couple of online backlogs (even went to Facebook for the first time in a while) while I had these days off. The first couple of days off consisted of moaning, followed by crawling across the floor to the john, or to the fridge for bottled water. At least i don't have to sweep now.
Each city in the Indus Valley was surrounded by massive walls and gateways
http://mppsccareerconnect.blogspot.com/2016/03/indus-valley-civilisation-harappan.html
Oh man! That sucks! I thought maybe you were off for reasons interesting and/or fun. I hope you’re more upright now and not still “sweeping” the floor.
I rarely post but do enjoy your threads. People run across some fascinating things in digs around the world.
Hope you are much better real soon!
They were reportedly short folks, too.
Thanks!
Thanks, sometimes the stories are better, usually that’s in the autumn because the dig season is often a limited period of time during northern hemisphere’s summer. Or somethin’.
But that's not to say it wasn't interesting -- I couldn't keep my eyes from moving, and had no balance, the modern diagnostics at the ER found nothing worrying (for them at least), and after a harrowing trip home in the cold night, me driving with a couple of stops to upchuck and once for a nap, I spent about 36 hours getting to the point where I could stand and walk without grabbing walls, furniture, and stuff that wasn't quite where I expected it to be. I think this is what killed off the whole Roman Empire, they just couldn't hold their hands still enough to write about it.
They’re all interesting in their own ways simply because we learn about the different aspects of how people lived loooooong ago.
DANG!!! Whatever knocked you for a loop, I hope it never hits you again! It sounds like a VERY rough time. urgh!
surrounded by massive walls and gateways......That was immoral.
Or those Neanderthals at Gibraltar and, who knows, maybe this poor couple from 3,000 BC in India?
Interesting that such joint burials are unknown before and apparently uncommon afterward.
It suggests that biologically speaking, love is modern, fleeting and rare.
Who knew?
I bet one of them wasn’t happy about being buried with their spouse.
It looks like she did a lot of talking and her husband was sick of it.
Romeohindra and Julietapridyah
Romeo and Juliet.
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