But if a judicious selection of the bones were deposited in a suitable place together with some object clearly identifiable as appertaining to the deceased it seemed to me that the difficulty would be met - The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman

From Earth it was merely a tiny speck of light in the sky identifiable for what it was only because it moved so swiftly and serenely from the sunset toward the east or from night's darkness into the dawn light - Space Tug by Murray Leinster