All individuals were interred in a single location away from populated areas between 1346 and 1353. Scholars reckon they have found one of the largest such burials, but only extensive excavations will confirm this with certainty.
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Numerous human remains, hastily interred in a mass grave, were discovered in Germany near the abandoned village of Neuses. Michael Hein, a geographer from the University of Leipzig, asserted that this is the biggest grave dating from the period of the plague that ravaged Europe from 1346 to 1353.
As reported by Popular Science magazine, the discovered burial is the most significant among those documented in the Erfurt chronicles. Nevertheless, a definitive resolution on this matter will only follow comprehensive excavations. Archaeologists managed to locate the burial thanks to the electro-tomography method, which allows for discerning variations in soil composition.
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