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which had stress fractures in their lower backs suggesting some sort of heavy labor. An analysis of the bones implies a lack of starvation and extreme stress. The teeth themselves lack common features associated with the consumption of sugars and starches. The cemetery also contained some objects, including beads that are believed to have originated from across southeast Asia like India.
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Vat Komnou cemetery is also a notable feature which was excavated and found to contain roughly 60 bodies ranging from 200 BC - AD 400. Out of these bodies, 25 were children below 19, 36 were adults, and the remaining were elders. Males were found to be more than twice as common as females, many of
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site. The Angkor Borei site was likely an early capital and a region where southeast Asian culture and arts fused in the ancient times. Archaeological excavations have yielded items that are carbon dated to roughly 1523 BC and thereafter, many related to early
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