Centuries old burial rituals uncovered at Pig Point

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It might have been the last thing they expected to find.
Since 2009, Anne Arundel County’s Lost Towns Project archaeologists have uncovered a trove of prehistoric Native American artifacts along the Patuxent River indicating the spot was a gathering place for thousands of years.
Now they think they know why.
This year’s dig at Pig Point uncovered what appears to be a ritualistic burial place with five or more oval pits with human bone and artifacts dating from 230 B.C. to 620 A.D.
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/local/centuries-old-burial-rituals-uncovered-at-pig-point/article_3329de25-cfe6-551d-9e22-2253b7bc6266.html

Better photos and discussion here:

Pig Point is a marvelous archaeological site on the Patuxent River in Maryland, a few miles east of Washington, DC. The site was occupied off and on for thousands of years, and excavators from Anne Arundel County's Lost Towns Project have made many great finds there. But the latest discovery from the site is the best find yet: a burial pit of the Delmarva Adena culture radiocarbon dated to 80 to 240 CE. Actually there are five or six such pits at the site, only one of which has been excavated to date. http://benedante.blogspot.it/2012/12/delmarva-adena-at-pig-point.html?m=0