Bone Detectives

A womans remains dating back to the bronze age are found in a pit buried alongside what appears to be a lamb Evidence suggests this womans cause of death is murder mdash but for what reason

Travel to Stoke Quay in Ipswich where a shiny new waterfront development gives no impression of a turbulent past During construction in 2012 a team of archeologists took the opportunity to examine this site They found the remains of over 1000 men women and children Who were these people and why were they buried here

Just outside the small market town of Andover Hampshire in 2016 there was an incredible discovery in a car park Archeologists discovered over 100 individuals buried right below the soil It looks like no one cared for these people But why

In Leeds UK the luxury Victoria Gate shopping mall stands on the ground of history It is well known to archeologists that this site has been at the center of Leeds for over two hundred years and its industrial heritage is well documented But the reality of the sites past didnt fully set in until experts discovered the bones of teenagers and children

St Georges in Bristol is a concert hall but it once was a parish church When a new center is in the works archeologists check the grounds for any remains They discover a seeminglynormal burial ground but upon further investigation its noticed that the skulls are cut open and bones sawed apart

A housing estate in the Wiltshire countryside hid the remains of roman Britains Finding intact bodies is always exciting for archeologists but as they take a closer look it seems there is not only one cemetery but eight Alongside precious items such as jewelry shoes and heirlooms lies evidence of something sinister beheadings

In the remote bleak area of the Scottish Highlands just over thirty years ago laid the site of a groundbreaking archeological discovery While making improvements to the nearby road a prehistoric grave carved into the rock was revealed Inside a single body lay to rest alone

In 1971 when work began to excavate a medieval site archeologists were not at all surprised to find human remains However what surprised them was evidence of brutal violence mdash a man buried here who was murdered over 800 years ago