Burying the Dead

I am sure it is so. Even nowadays there are people that get buried without any ceremonies and grave is left unmarked. These are usually people murdered by the criminals, their bodies are being hidden by the killers in order to hide the evidence. Many people got buried in unmarked graves during the wars and plagues too. So you may never know what will you find when hitting the ground you're standing on with the spade.

Yes, what you see in the movie is pretty accurate. Obviously in the middle of nowhere, there were no wooden coffins or anything to bury people in. Even when they were buried in the dirt, the body did not last long without embalming and being in a big, metal casket that is reinforced to keep out air and bugs, etc. So their remains really didn't last very long and animals probably came along later, if they were in the area and may have dug them up. But there would not be any remains left after all these years, the decomposition rate would be too fast - imagine in the dirt, heat, etc. - bones could be found perhaps but that's about all.

Yes, I would assume so, except since that was so long ago and the bodies were not really preserved in any way and probably were not placed in any type of water proof container like a coffin very likely there is very little left of the actual bodies, they would be pretty destroyed after all of these years and are probably just one with the earth now. But yes at one time there were probably a lot bodies around. Pretty morbid, but factual.

Based on your reasoning I would presume that there are many such graves out there but then there are many other graves resulting fron numerous genocides and mass murders out there as well.

I would say that this is most likely true. That is also most likely the reason why they have to stop construction whenever they dig up remains and make sure that the site is not a sacred burial ground or the site of some nefarious act. If it is just a place where some unfortunate soul was laid to rest, then the remains are normally moved to a "proper" grave site and construction resumes. I never really thought about it until one of my dad's naval reunions, but I had heard the phrase "buried at sea" and did not get the true meaning of it until all of a sudden it hit me. For some reason, I had always just thought that they found one of those abandoned islands that are always so handy in the movies, and buried the people on a beautiful beach in the middle of the ocean somewhere.

Most parts of land on this planet was once upon a time, "middle of nowhere". Yes you can expect to treasure hunt old skeletons even beneath or besides the White House. I do not know whether the White House would prefer to have more skeletons in their closet, though. regards.

yea,i'm sure there's more than a few here and there. most often they'd pile rocks on it to keep animals out even if it were a shallow grave,so that might also prevented a few from being uncovered. it's more likely there were more graves by pioneer wagon trails though.

I am sure there are unmarked graves of cowboys as well as Indians. Our houses could sit upon a grave. Heck, our yards could be burial grounds for indians and cowboys alike, we really do not know.

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Natives of any country pretty much have unmarked graves, and many many people have been buried underground in unmarked graves.