Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom. Tom writes mainly about science, space, archaeology, the Earth and the oceans. He has also written for the BBC, NBC News, National Geographic, Scientific American, Air & Space, and many others.
Archaeologists are mystified by the discovery of dozens of Bronze and Iron Age graves of children in southern Norway.
The circles of stones, which measure up to 6 feet across, were placed together like street cobblestones but were buried a few inches below the surface. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over."The dating show that the burial site was used over a long period, so they couldn't all have died in the same natural disaster or outbreak of disease or epidemic," Fossum said.
Experts noted that the rate of infant mortality was probably high at that time, but otherwise, they have no explanation for the children's graves. "Analyses of the pottery fragments can tell us a lot," Fossum said."It doesn't appear that all the vessels were containers for burnt bones; some were placed between the graves, and we are very curious about what was inside them."
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