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lollerkeet t1_jcc8f95 wrote

They mean Romano-British, I take it, not actually Roman?

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MainOld697 t1_jccros9 wrote

I'm pretty close to Garforth, I'd love to know where abouts it was to try and go have a nosey.

>Although the exact location remains a secret, the excavation was in part prompted by a discovery nearby of late Roman stone buildings and a small number of Anglo-Saxon-style structures.

They (the council) recently finished a large project to build a trunk road connecting north Leeds with the A1 motorway, I'm almost certain this was what caused the initial discovery.

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DisserviceToVanilla t1_jccs34f wrote

Replying to lollerkeet (#2,238,440)

Doesn't say, but they date the body to 400AD so presumably.

>Unusually for an ancient cemetery, the remains found in Garforth belonged to people from the late Roman and the early Saxon eras. The skeleton of the late Roman aristocratic woman was found alongside the remains of 60 men, women and children from the two periods. > > Archaeologists traced the burial traditions of both cultures in the cemetery, the precise location of which is being kept secret.

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MeatballDom OP t1_jcd7dyk wrote

>What's with the deleted posts?

About 80% of them are people asking why the comments are being deleted.

It's a super secret method, only few know about it, but I'll tell you if you promise not to tell anyone else: Want to not get your comment deleted? Read the article, comment on the article. Tada.

How to get your comment deleted: "Archaeology is a scam!" "I heard from my cousin's sister's cousin's dad's son's only sister's sibling that Rome isn't real" "lol guys I'm practicing for my first standup routine, check out this one" "insert overused quote from a movie" "WhY aRe ThE ComMeNTs AlL DeLetTeDeDEDd"

It's really not that hard.

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FrodoUnderhill t1_jcdxhkb wrote

My old professors at Leeds classics department will be absolutely pumped to hear about this

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dontbanmeagainreddi7 t1_jcf84mr wrote

This gives me hope that archeology isn't dead despite what everyone keeps telling me (including myself). I'm planning on joining the field 😎

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MeatballDom OP t1_jcjoszk wrote

Replying to dontbanmeagainreddi7 (#2,243,352)

I don't know who's telling you archaeology is dead but it certainly isn't historians, we're moving more and more towards archaeology. Traditionalists are pretty much all dead or retired in most fields, and we're more and more embracing archaeology and noting how important it is.

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