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[TrueKnightGalahad]

Did someone say porcelain bowls?

[ApplegateRanch]

The bowls remained intact because they were stuck together very tightly, and secured with sticky rice and cement, which helped the tomb retain its shape. Archeologists said that it would be a very difficult task, requiring chemical solvents, to separate one bowl from the others.

For the sake of my bowels, I will remember not to cook that recipe.

Sticky rice okay; sticky rice & cement, bad ju-ju.

OTOH, if I ever get caught short of sand & gravel while mixing concrete for a foundation....

[wildbill]

“...the identity of the person buried there will probably remain a mystery”

I love a mystery. Let’s put together the clues we have:

1.porcelin bowls (often used for food)
2.Tomb constructed with sticky rice & cement.
3.very rare construction technique for tombs.
4.Probably made by migrants.
5.Migrants are usually poor and have few possessions to give away, much less for a tomb.

Elementry, my dear Wasson, this is not a tomb at all, but an execution chamber for a lousy cook who gave them dysentery.