Okay,
So sometimes, I'll admit...I can daydream a bit during class. But the guest lecture on Tuesday intrigued me. Especially in regards to the thousdands-of-beads business and the children (look I got so excited I typed too fast and was rendered incapable of spelling "thousands"!) I have to wonder, how can we REALLY know that the beads were specifically for the children, just because they were 2/3 (I think that's what she said?) smaller than the size of the beads buried with the adult?
Also, I'm wondering how they located the grave to bury the second child with the first? Maybe the grave marker (I'm assuming there was one) could also be indicative of status? ...Hmm....mysterious!
Hi Audrey,
ReplyDeleteI think it's most likely the two kids were buried at the same time. If I recall correctly, Claudine said there wasn't any evidence the grave had been disturbed once it was completed and it's usually pretty obvious when you open a grave and then cover it up.
One of the questions that has her wondering though is whether or not there is a lot of wear on the beads. If they have wear marks, that suggests they were in use before the burial. If they look "fresh" and unworn, they may have been made especially for the burial.
There are just so many... it is astounding!