In Laos, a giant stone jar finally yields its secret, with bones of 37 people inside

In Laos, a giant stone jar finally yields its secret, with bones of 37 people inside

For decades, archaeologists have tried to explain the thousands of huge stone vessels spread across Laos' Plain of Jars in the highlands. A major clue has now come from one of the largest examples: Instead of grain or sediment, researchers found bones belonging to 37 or more people inside it. What happened? At Site 75 in Laos' Xieng Khouang province, a team led by archaeologist Nicholas Skopal of James Cook University excavated a massive stone j…