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cremation
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In total, archaeologists identified the ruins of two houses, two wells, a cremation burial and about 750 artifacts, officials said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2025 -
Instead of skeletal fragments, archeologists found evidence of cremation—a process believed to have popularized at Gordion over a 100 years later.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 June 2025
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“Exhumation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhumation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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