Timeline for How would a society like Europe in the 11th century clean bones for burial?
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| Jul 30, 2020 at 13:36 | comment | added | John | That is actually not true, rodents for instance will gnaw on bone for calcium, as will deer termites, , and a variety of birds. and they will do a lot of damage to the bone. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…. and digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/… | |
| Jul 30, 2020 at 9:49 | comment | added | TafT | @John very few animals native to europ have the strength to routinely break larger bones. Humans cook them and smash them with tools to access the marrow. I think hyaenas have the jaw strength to do so but not many other land animals. Yes if you cremate or leave for a very long time the bones might get displaced but I would not expect them to get destroyed. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 18:55 | comment | added | John | the problem is most of those expose bones to scavengers which are more than happy to break up/eat the bones. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 11:55 | history | answered | TafT | CC BY-SA 4.0 |