New archaeological evidence throws light on efforts to resist `the living dead`
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

A new scientific study of medieval human bones, excavated from a deserted English village, suggests the corpses they came from were burnt and mutilated. Researchers from the University of Southampton and Historic England believe this was carried out by villagers who believed that it would stop the corpses rising from their graves and menacing the living.