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moss M
moss Jun 13, 2016 11:23:38

Interesting article though grisly, we should remember of course our 'romantic vision' of prehistory does not always line up with reality.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3633135/Grisly-Stone-Age-pits-Orkney-islanders-chopped-dead-relatives-mixing-mass-graves.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


edit; though of course the Daily Mail always goes for the salacious, and a pinch of salt should be taken with their articles ;)

T tiompan
tiompan Jun 13, 2016 11:58:30
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moss wrote:
Interesting article though grisly, we should remember of course our 'romantic vision' of prehistory does not always line up with reality.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3633135/Grisly-Stone-Age-pits-Orkney-islanders-chopped-dead-relatives-mixing-mass-graves.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


edit; though of course the Daily Mail always goes for the salacious, and a pinch of salt should be taken with their articles ;)

What do we do with our dead ?
It's not all burning and internment .
There are various world wide anthro accounts but something a bit more local is "Cults of death in Northwestern Portugal " by Jao De Pinas -Cabral , which details some contemporary European practices including the not uncommon one of secondary burial/disposal ,whereby corpses are dug up after a period of approx five years and depending on the state of corruption could lead to whipping of the corpse .
Elswhere thay may be danced with or liquids smeared on living bodies etc .