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Burial Depressions

English translation: sagging earth long after burial

19:46 Mar 24, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Archaeology
English term or phrase: Burial Depressions
Burial Depressions
- Single Depression Reflects Body May Be Below Two Feet in Depth
- Double Depression Reflects Body May Be Less That Two Feet in Depth
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Ist it just a simple hole dug for human body burial? But why can it be double or single?
Poj
Local time: 12:29
Selected answer:sagging earth long after burial
Explanation:
A burial depression is a slight cave-in of the earth, often because the coffin has decomposed to the point of collapse. Therefore, a double depression would be a double dip in the ground.

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CEMETERY/2003-09/106321...
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JeffFish (X)
Local time: 07:29
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Thank you.
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4 +5sagging earth long after burial
JeffFish (X)
4hundimiento por entierros, sitios hundidos por entierros
Lillian van den Broeck
3answer below
bigedsenior


  

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burial depressions
sagging earth long after burial


Explanation:
A burial depression is a slight cave-in of the earth, often because the coffin has decomposed to the point of collapse. Therefore, a double depression would be a double dip in the ground.

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CEMETERY/2003-09/106321...

JeffFish (X)
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay
0 min
agree  Deborah do Carmo: good explanation
2 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  jccantrell: not all that long, really, depending on the environment
17 mins
  -> Fair point. Not necessarily long. I just wanted to differentiate this from the hole that is dug to bury the person in the first place (i.e. the grave)
agree  Robert Donahue (X)
26 mins
agree  juvera: Try it with sand or flour and long, narrow object. An object not very deep down will show its' contour: depressions on both sides of the coffin or body, while if it is deep down, the soil will sink in the middle, so only one impression will be formed.
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burial depressions
hundimiento por entierros, sitios hundidos por entierros


Explanation:
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Lillian van den Broeck
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Local time: 23:29
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neutral  JeffFish (X): Still not a Spanish question
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burial depressions
answer below


Explanation:
In some ancient cultures, husband and wife were buried together. So it may be a case of a double burial leading to two depressions at shallow depths, but forming one at greater depths.

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Local time: 22:29
Native speaker of: English
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