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>an international team of historians and archaeologists argues... They seem to agree it's "probably." Proof is hard.

• defrost 3y ago
  In the book they argue .. there's a case to be made and arguing "both sides" and mystery is what books do. Elsewhere: Traffic in Human Bones— A ship from Hamburg arrived at Lossiemouth last week, laden with bones, the property of an agriculturalist of Morayshire, and intended for manure. The master of the vessel states that the bones were collected from the plains and marches of Leipsic (sic), and are part of the remains of the thousands who fell in the battles fought betwixt France and the Allies in October 1813 ~ The Spectator (London, 7 November 1829) https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/7th-november-1829/5/clinere--the-quantity-of-cider-produced-in-the-cou https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/7th-november-1829/5/... The bones being taken for use as fertilizer, for sugar from beet, the teeth "Waterloo Teeth" for false teeth for the living, etc were things that happened and were reported at the time . . . There are academic papers on war fields where this is known to have happened and others where it is conjected to have occurred .. but proof of actual occurrence exists.