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Elena Essel

Elena Essel

Oct 12, 2026

5:14
What was the materials or methods problem that you needed to solve?
5:20
So when we look at the Paleolithic times, when you look at a typical excavation that looks into Paleolithic times, what often is the case is that you have a lot of sediment in those sites and then you dig.
5:32
And if you're lucky, you'll find one bone, two bones.
5:34
If you're super lucky, you'll find a partial skeleton, but never in context.
5:39
Because it's so old that it's very fragmented.
5:41
And even if there was a burial context, which we don't know, it's not visible anymore.
5:46
And so it's basically impossible to direct an object that is found at an excavation to the skeleton.

11 MINS LATER

16:33
Correct.

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