Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have unearthed a burial mound of a Bronze Age girl surrounded by a variety of grave goods.

Fun facts from my zooarch days: if you shake a couple of these bones in your hands they sound like dice.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s already kind of iffy to assume religious significance to a find, but to assume function within a ritual? Those bones could be her collection of pretty bones for all we know. That’s bad science journalism. I bet the archeologist got caught musing what could it mean and the writer simply cherry picked what they thought was most interesting.

    • theodewere@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      the writer simply cherry picked what they thought was most interesting

      seems like that’s a fair description of what all journalism ends up being, but most especially science journalism… i hate trying to sift through articles for actual information on finds like this…