Nothing offhand, but I'll look around a bit later; I vaguely remember this
was discussed sometime back in relation to stuff hidden behind walls; you'd
have to check the histarch archives
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jan
Selmer
Sent: January 23, 2008 08:49
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Subject: Re: Pacental pots
paul courtney wrote:
> Does anyone (Geoff C?) have any references to the post-medieval
> placental pots excavated from town cellars in SW Germany and used for
> burying human placentas (other than the piece in Archaeology
> magazine1991). I am happy to chase up refs in German.