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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8202765, member: 75937&quot;]Decapitated skeletons, brooches, spoons, coins and tableware have been found in an archaeological dig that uncovered part of a Roman town, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60254154" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60254154" rel="nofollow">the BBC reports</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This included the largest Roman cemetery yet to be excavated in Buckinghamshire, with 425 burials.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several lead weights and more than 1,200 coins were discovered, suggesting the site was used for trade and as a staging post for travelers and soldiers passing along the road to the garrison at Alchester. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13333/production/_123134687_untitled-6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many domestic finds were made, including gaming dice, bells and jars, while a stone-built corn dryer or malting oven provided evidence of brewing. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/182E3/production/_123134099_untitled-8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>High quality tableware called Samian pottery and spoons, pins and brooches were also unearthed.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 10% of those buried in the late Roman cemetery were decapitated, which could be a &quot;normal, albeit marginal, burial rite&quot; - or an indication those decapitated were criminals or outcasts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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