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Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old mass grave in Slovakia containing 38 skeletons, with all but one decapitated.
The remains were found at the Vrá ble-Vèlke Lehemby site in Slovakia, one of the largest settlements of the European Neolithic period.
Early studies suggest the heads were removed purposefully after death, an author of the study [said]. Only one skeleton, belonging to a child under the age of 6, had its skull intact.
Early observation of the remains suggests the decapitations were likely intentional. On the bodies preserved well enough to still have observable neck bones, the first vertebra, directly under the skull, was intact, she said.
This suggests the heads were severed with very sharp tools, rather than cut off during combat.
https://www.businessinsider.com/700...ess-skeletons-questions-2023-1?op=1&r=US&IR=T
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The remains were found at the Vrá ble-Vèlke Lehemby site in Slovakia, one of the largest settlements of the European Neolithic period.
Early studies suggest the heads were removed purposefully after death, an author of the study [said]. Only one skeleton, belonging to a child under the age of 6, had its skull intact.
Early observation of the remains suggests the decapitations were likely intentional. On the bodies preserved well enough to still have observable neck bones, the first vertebra, directly under the skull, was intact, she said.
This suggests the heads were severed with very sharp tools, rather than cut off during combat.
https://www.businessinsider.com/700...ess-skeletons-questions-2023-1?op=1&r=US&IR=T
maximus otter