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1. MadrasTh0rn · 1790632138 · focus · HN ↗

   Was subfloor burial common in Neolithic?

   1. treis · 1790644423 · focus · HN ↗

      Seems like you'd quickly run out of floor and/or end up with a lot of bodies in one place. And are you chipping up your plaster floor every time someone dies? I'm pretty skeptical that this makes sense as a practice. Seems far more likely that a building was built over a forgotten grave.

      1. sophacles · 1790702246 · focus · HN ↗

         The floor of most houses for most of history was made of dirt.

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