Spain, Iron Age and Head Ritual
New clues to the ‘nailed head ritual’ uncovered in Spain
Severed heads like these were a unique funerary practice within the Iron Age Iberian world. For archaeologists and anthropologists, they offer a way to analyze these prehistoric communities. Most bodies were cremated at this time, so there is very little evidence of death rituals in the archaeological record.
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Ancient Iberians Nailed Skulls to Walls — And It’s Not Very Clear WhyAmong the ruins of ancient cities scattered across northeastern Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a grisly yet fascinating ...
The term gamechanger is often over used enough to be rendered meaningless, but the huge Simandou mine in the West African ...
The remains, which were discovered in October 2023, are thought to be those of a young woman.
A 2,600-year-old ankle ring containing meteoritic iron. The burial sites of Częstochowa-Raków and Częstochowa-Mirów in ...
Archaeologists found the remains of a young woman believed to have lived over 2,000 years ago during the Iron Age in County ...
A roundhouse built in memory of an Iron Age teenager is to be transformed into an educational resource. The hut was built by ...
They found that the objects used iron from both smelted ore as well as a meteorite. The smelted iron, scientists suspect was ...
Raised on a two-course rubble wall on either side, the boulder was shifted from the surroundings and arranged as a capstone ...
Similar ritual spoons have been found in Britain, Ireland, and France. The British Museum holds several pairs, one engraved ...
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