Hunter-Gatherer Skulls Mounted on Stakes Reveal Symbolic Ritual Practice
A seemingly gory prehistoric site in Sweden may be something else altogether: a sacred burial for revered people.
By Jen Viegas
Published On 02/26/2018
Fredrik Hallgren of the Cultural Heritage Foundation in Sweden has pretty much seen it all when it comes to early human burials, since he and his colleagues regularly study them. So, when he and his team found human bones in 2009 at the site of a former lake in Kanaljorden, Sweden, it seemed like research as usual.
https://www.seeker.com/archaeology/hunter-gatherer-skulls-mounted-on-stakes-reveal-symbolic-ritual-practiceThe bones at first appeared to have been scattered from a once-complete body, perhaps due to animals, water flow, or some other occurrence.
