When you're poking around ancient ruins, you probably expect to find a few artifacts or the bits and pieces left behind by the people who lived and worked there long ago.
But an archaeological site has just yielded something you might not expect if you didn't know the history of the place.
The research team, led by archaeologist Cristina Boschetti of Aarhus University in Denmark, believes the dump may have been used to dispose of potentially infectious objects to attempt to curtail the spread of epidemics. Some of the personal items found in the cistern include a figurine of a dromedary, devotional medals, coins, spindle whorls, and a rosary bead.
There were also several lead clamps commonly used in furniture fittings and a quantity of carbonized wood. This collection of items, dumped so haphazardly and sealed away beneath a cap of clay, might have posed more of a puzzle, but they had a remarkably similar collection of items on which to draw.what they determined to be a medical waste disposal site associated with the hospital early in the 17th century CE.
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