Thames River foreshore at Putney at low tide, looking downstreamN. Arthur
Posted on 02/24/2025 7:26:50 AM PST by SunkenCiv
According to a Live Science report, radiocarbon dating of ancient human skeletons recovered from the River Thames indicates that they date to between 4000 B.C. and A.D. 1800. Nichola Arthur of London's Natural History Museum said that most of the remains dated to the Bronze Age, between 2300 and 800 B.C., and the Iron Age, between 800 B.C. and A.D. 43. These bones were recovered in upstream zones of the river, she added. "We can now say with confidence that these don't appear to just be bones that have steadily accumulated in the river through time," she explained. "There really was something significant going on in the Bronze and Iron Ages." Arthur thinks the practice of depositing remains in the Thames may be part of a pattern of placing bodies in watery places and boggy patches that has been observed in other areas of northwestern Europe. It has also been suggested that bodies ended up in London's river through warfare, drowning, or the erosion of riverbank burials.
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Thames River foreshore at Putney at low tide, looking downstreamN. Arthur
Moriarty is behind this Watson, it’s certain.
People have been drowning in rivers for eons.............
Those Canada Geese sure get around. Are they fleeing the Trump Tariffs?
...and boy are their arms tired...
Tower Bridge Beach, circa 1930s.
Digging kids say, "Hey Mum, this looks like a skeleton!"
Did they ever find the remains of the two princes?............
That’s gross.
Have you ever been down to the Thames water edge?
It’s dirtier than any river outside of Detroit. Just absolutely stinks.
Hate to think of how bad it was in 1947.
Yes, in fact I have been down along the Thames in London. We were looking at some old Roman tiles/building blocks by the Tower of London.
There was a show on one of the Discovery channels (Cooper’s Treasure) where a guy would find treasures along the Thames.
Lol!
Cool pic
Always meant to try mud larking.
I assume the shores close to London have been pretty well “ larked”
Putting dead people into the very waters that you drink from is the height of stupidity.
It was the best of Thames, it was the worst of Thames.
So the Iron Age ended in Britain in A.D. 43? Very clever of Claudius to invade that year, knowing that the Brits wouldn’t have any iron for their weapons.
“Always meant to try mud larking.”
‘The Lost Apothecary’ starts with ‘mud larking’ and ends in a murder mystery.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53288434-the-lost-apothecary
Apparently mudlarking is a regulated activity, has been for quite a while. :^)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c869401lvzdo
Estuaries... the a- through r-tuaries are upriver.
:^) He was underestimated, and used that to his advantage.
🤣
Keep m flowing!
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