“Unraveling Secrets: What This Mysterious Stone Age Burial Site in Sweden Reveals About Ancient Rituals”
Fredrik Hallgren/Antiquity 2018One of the two skulls found at the burial site that had a wooden stake sticking out of it.
Two of the skulls had wooden stakes through them.
Each stake adorned skull had something to show for itself. The skull with the unbroken stake measured 1.5 feet long, indicating it served as a mount for the skull. In the other skull with the broken stake, researchers found a piece of brain tissue. The fact that human brain tissue could be preserved after 8,000 years indicates the head was placed in the water shortly after death.
While the facial bones of the skulls were well preserved, none of them had jaws, except for one which was determined to be unrelated to the others.
In case that’s not gruesome enough, several of the bear bones found had markings that pointed to signs of butchering.
While scientists may not know why the burial was underwater, they can be thankful that it was. The lack of oxygen and limestone in the bedrock was a major factor in why the artifacts were able to stay so well preserved.
Still, despite how well preserved and how many artifacts there were, the nature of the discovery is still extremely perplexing to everyone.
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