Skeleton under ship is Iron age [ Newport Ship ]

BBC ^ | Monday, 5 December 2005 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

The remains of a skeleton found underneath a medieval ship discovered buried in the banks of the River Usk in Newport are that of an Iron age man. Tests carried out on the bones which were found in December 2002, have shown that they date back to 170BC... about 1,500 years older than the 15th century ship. The man is thought to have been about 5ft 9in tall and very muscular. He was probably in his late 20s or early 30s when he died. Experts carried out radio carbon dating on the bones which were found underneath wooden struts supporting the ship as workers carried out an excavation of the orchestra pit of the city's Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre on 11 December 2002... At the time of the find, it was thought that the man may have died in an industrial accident as he was salvaging the boat... When the ship was first found, thousands of people flocked to Newport to see it as it lay in the banks of the River Usk. There were fears that the ship would be broken up and not preserved but a £3.5m grant was given by the Welsh Assembly Government to fund the restoration.

[blam]

"If so - sorry old Indian dude, I didn't know so don't do the Poltergeist thing on me - :)"

That's funny.

[SunkenCiv]

;')

[rdl6989]

I wonder what the chances are that this Iron age ship just "happened" to settle upon a skeleton that was 1500 years already dead?

My thought exactly.