Controlling the Dead in Medieval Yorkshire

I found this post on Tumblr - it is in origin an article from the Guardian - which struck me as interesting, though I would like more evidence that such practices were followed:

The site of Wharram Percy

Image: Tumblr/Guardian

A study by archaeologists has revealed certain people in medieval Yorkshire were so afraid of the dead they chopped, smashed and burned their skeletons to make sure they stayed in their graves.

The research published by Historic England and the University of Southampton may represent the first scientific evidence in England of attempts to prevent the dead from walking and harming the living – still common in folklore in many parts of the world.

The archaeologists who studied a collection of human bones – including the remains of adults, teenagers and children excavated more than half a century ago, and dated back to the period between the 11th and 14th century – rejected gruesome possibilities including cannibalism in times of famine, or the massacre of outsiders. The cut marks were in the wrong place for butchery, and isotope analysis of the teeth showed that the people came from the same area as the villagers of Wharram Percy in North Yorkshire* – a once flourishing village which had been completely deserted by the early 16th century. Read more.

* recte East Riding

I am tempted to say we're like that up in Yorkshire - but then, you might believe me...