Ancient cultural practices mix human skeletal remains together, making it difficult to group skeletal remains by individual. Some examples of this mentioned in the text include
A) bundle burials where the bodies were placed in a communal grave.
B) bodies laid out together in a charnal house to decompose.
C) bodies laid to rest in a river where the current scattered the remains.
D) both bundle burials where the bodies were placed in a communal grave and bodies laid out together in a charnal house to decompose.

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Both bundle burials and charnal houses involve practices where multiple individuals' remains could be intermingled or placed together, complicating the process of associating specific bones with specific individuals. Bundle burials often involved collecting and reburying the bones of multiple individuals together, while charnal houses were places where bodies were laid out to decompose, sometimes leading to the mixing of skeletal remains.

Ancient Cultural Practices Mix Human Skeletal Remains Together, Making It