Counted 214 bones in one dig unit, blew my expectations

We pulled 214 discrete bone fragments out of a 2x2 meter unit in 3 days near Trowbridge, mostly cattle ribs and a shattered boar skull. I figured maybe 40 would be the cap for that much fill, but the midden pit just kept giving. Anyone else hit a number way past what the site report suggested?

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oscarh1620d ago

Wait, how do you get 214 bones from mostly ribs and one skull? A shattered boar skull alone could easily account for a hundred plus fragments once you count every splinter, so maybe that cap of 40 was never realistic for a midden pit.

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