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I hope this doesn’t sound ridiculous, but I think we approach it — or at least I approach it — less as though we’re building something and more as though we’re excavating something.

Howard Williams, professor of archaeology at the University of Chester, also writes the Archaeodeath blog, examining attitudes to excavated human remains.

After the initial discovery was reported to the authorities in December 2021, the site was excavated in 2022, with the support of the British Museum and a £120,000 grant from Historic England.

In the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires, Army Corps officials are saying that excavating six inches of topsoil is enough to rid properties of contamination.

Employing techniques otherwise used to excavate ancient burial sites, they can search for human remains in the ruins of burned houses.