StoneGloves wrote: Ok, suppose there were a long barrow that had escaped the attention of over-enthusiastic clerics and assorted antiquarians and had remained intact and undug. What would we hope to find by excavation there that would further our understanding of the prehistoric? DNA, of course, but what else?
Yes East Kennet would be top of my list and the DNA top of the 'wanted' list. It would be hoped that we could finally determine if it was families that were laid to rest there or a mixture of bloodlines.
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