Katherine Smith **************************** Account Executive - British Gas Trading Ltd Tel: 01865 406385 Fax: 01865 406912 Email: katherine.smith2@centrica.co.uk <mailto:katherine.smith2@centrica.co.uk> Internet: www.britishgasbusiness.co.uk <http://www.britishgasbusiness.co.uk/> -----Original Message----- From: Clint McInnes [mailto:augustus@paradise.net.nz] Sent: 10 August 2004 22:12 To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe Is this ritual practice between the archaeologists ?.... strange breed! Clinton On 11/08/2004, at 9:06 AM, <steven@kw15.co.uk> wrote: > I bet you a pound that there is 'evidence of ritual practice'. > > It must be great being an archaeologist, never having to say 'I don't > know > what this means'...:-) > > Cheers > Steven > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Ireland" <r.reland@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> >> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:37 PM >> Subject: [<orcadia>] Skeleton discovered at Minehowe >> >> >>> Some stop press news. >>> >>> Archaeologists returned to Minehowe >>> (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/minehowe) for a fourth season last > week. >>> Returning to the site of an Iron Age metalworking structure >>> (http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/minehowe2003.htm) outside the > ditch >>> surrounding the underground chamber itself, they have begun to >>> unearth > the >>> remains of a complete skeleton. >>> >>> The burial took place well after the building was constructed and >>> saw a >>> grave being dug in the floor of the "workshop" and the body interred. >> After >>> the grave was covered over the work continued in the structure as > normal. >>> >>> It's early days yet. Only the pelvis, lower backbone, legs and >>> segments > of >>> the arms were visible today, so the sex and age of the deceased is >>> not > yet >>> known. However, given the scarcity of Iron Age burials in Scotland, >>> let >> >>> alone Orkney, the archeologists are very exciting. >> >> Hmm now that's interesting, whats so exiting about them then. >> >> >> >> >> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >> word >> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >> > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The information contained in or attached to this email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it. It may contain information which is confidential and/or covered by legal professional or other privilege (or other rules or laws with similar effect in jurisdictions outside England and Wales). The views expressed in this email are not necessarily the views of Centrica plc, and the company, its directors, officers or employees make no representation or accept any liability for its accuracy or completeness unless expressly stated to the contrary.