Not likely
The grave had no monument, and only her people would know where it was and what it was. Probably they were having some problems and hoped she could help them.
And that 700 years to get across the savanna? No way.
Now, with DNA testing, isotope testing, and many other newfangled testing methods, archaeologists have found that travel and trade in prehistoric times was far faster, and over far greater distances, than people had imagined.
There's also the matter of women. It is normal for the women found in a grave site to have come from quite a distance. It is quite apparent that young women were strongly discouraged from marrying within their village or tribal unit. Yeah, maybe they knew something about genetics.
This would be why ceremonial sites were so important in hunter gatherer times, and later fairs in village times. They were not just for religion, trade, and alliances, but also for matchmaking. This reason for fairs has survived in some folk songs to this day.
Due to proximity, some archaeologists think agriculture may have begun around these ceremonial sites to assure adequate beer and/or wine for events. Admittedly, the oldest formal winery we have discovered (it's in Armenia, near a ceremonial and funerary site) is only about 6000 years old, but its scale and arrangement makes it obvious this was not something new at the time.
And that 700 years to get across the savanna? No way.
Now, with DNA testing, isotope testing, and many other newfangled testing methods, archaeologists have found that travel and trade in prehistoric times was far faster, and over far greater distances, than people had imagined.
There's also the matter of women. It is normal for the women found in a grave site to have come from quite a distance. It is quite apparent that young women were strongly discouraged from marrying within their village or tribal unit. Yeah, maybe they knew something about genetics.
This would be why ceremonial sites were so important in hunter gatherer times, and later fairs in village times. They were not just for religion, trade, and alliances, but also for matchmaking. This reason for fairs has survived in some folk songs to this day.
Due to proximity, some archaeologists think agriculture may have begun around these ceremonial sites to assure adequate beer and/or wine for events. Admittedly, the oldest formal winery we have discovered (it's in Armenia, near a ceremonial and funerary site) is only about 6000 years old, but its scale and arrangement makes it obvious this was not something new at the time.
