More than a century ago , a carved - out log containing the ancient skeleton of a woman fall out of a seaside cliff in the small Polish coastal village of Bagicz . Now , investigator have determined that she once go as long as 2,000 age ago – 100 years older than antecedently believed – and could very well have been a princess at the fourth dimension .
Found alongside the char and her sepulture log were a number of bronze ornaments , include a clutches , watchstrap , a beaded necklace , a pin made of bone , and a wooden stool . A piece of cowhide leather and wearable made of fleece were also found – a uncommon archeological uncovering in Poland given local decomposition pattern . Together , these items indicate that the woman , whoever she was at the time , was one of important position .
Researchers from the University of Szczecin and Warsaw get together in their travail to see the items and skeleton espouse the 19th - century uncovering . By radiocarbon dating the bones , the team determined that the woman died around 30 ACE or earlier . Past dating technique on the token found at the grave had previously close that the entombment occurred at the end of the second 100 .
" We thought that the dating divergence might be a mistake concern to the measure – the outcome can be different when the departed ’s diet is rich in fish . It could be like in this vitrine , ” archaeologist Marta Chmiel - Chrzanowska , from the University of Szczecin , toldScience in Poland .
Despite her coastal Pomeranian or Baltic Islands inheritance , an analysis of isotopes in her teeth indicated that her dieting did not admit fish from the ocean . It adds a certain airwave of whodunit to the whole affair ; if she hold out near the ocean , why did she not feed from it ?
" We did n’t see any traces of Baltic fish in her dieting , but she had consumed many brute products , as evidenced by the type of proteins preserved in her teeth . She could have also eaten Pisces from lakes and inland rivers , ” say researcher Rafał Fetner from the University of Warsaw .
Although the woman was between 20 and 35 at the fourth dimension of her death , researchers also found that her skeleton exhibited significant pathological changes in her joints link with degenerative joint disease in the small spine – a disease that typically affects the elderly or those who might have execute hard work .
A industrious princess who live near the ocean but does n’t eat Pisces the Fishes ? It ’s a enigma researchers hope to puzzle out in succeeding analysis of the frame .
[ H / T : Science in Poland ]
