8,000-Year-Old Spike-Mounted Skulls Show That Scandinavia Has Always Been Hardcore

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8,000-Year-Old Spike-Mounted Skulls Show That Scandinavia Has Always Been Hardcore

By Tom Hale
14 Feb 2018, 09:51

Stone-Age Scandinavia was hardcore, as you might imagine.

Not much is known about Mesolithic Scandinavia, but new findings suggest it was a land with its fair share of conflict, mutilations, and spike-mounted skulls.

A new study, published in the journal Antiquity, has described a number of mutilated skulls, some of which appear to have been mounted on stakes. While plenty of cultures throughout the world have placed skulls on stakes, either as trophies or a “back off” signal to enemies, this would be the earliest known example found in Europe.

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/8000yearold-spikemounted-skulls-show-that-scandinavia-has-always-been-hardcore/

[endicom]

"Hardcore" was universal.

[The_Reader_David]

8,000-Year-Old Spike-Mounted Skulls Show That Scandinavia Has Always Been Was Hardcore Long Before Previously Believed

They aren't any more.  The Swedes won't even defend their women against he Muslim invaders they've invited into their country.

Okay, maybe the Norwegian special forces guys in Afghanistan who shout "Til Valhal" when they go into battle are still hardcore, but since maybe the mid-19th century, the Scandinvians have, for the most part, been squishes.

[sneakypete]

8,000-Year-Old Spike-Mounted Skulls Show That Scandinavia Has Always Been Was Hardcore Long Before Previously Believed

They aren't any more.  The Swedes won't even defend their women against he Muslim invaders they've invited into their country.

Okay, maybe the Norwegian special forces guys in Afghanistan who shout "Til Valhal" when they go into battle are still hardcore, but since maybe the mid-19th century, the Scandinvians have, for the most part, been squishes.

@The_Reader_David

So have the ones that immigrated here starting in the 1800's,and set up farms and cities in places like Mn and Wi.

Looks like most of the warrior blood was drained by 1800,leaving only the stay-behind goat milkers to father children.

[dfwgator]

Not any more....