Ancient Bones Reveal that Cannibalism Took Different Forms in Neolithic Spain
Researchers found cut marks, boiling and skull cups on at least 36 Neolithic individuals, adding new evidence of cannibalism in southern Spain.
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Ancient bones reveal that cannibalism took different forms in Neolithic Spain
Cannibalism was sometimes on the Neolithic menu, as numerous archaeological discoveries have revealed. But while ancient human bones show the practice took place, far less evidence exists about the forms it may have taken or why people occasionally consumed one another. Was it to stave off hunger during times of desperation? Did different tribes eat their defeated enemies? Or was cannibalism part of complex rituals?
Human bones from three caves near Granada bear clear traces of disassembly, cooking and human bites. New radiocarbon data now show that these practices did not belong to a single event, but occurred for more than a millennium in different contexts. The findings range from possible collective violence to possibly ritualized treatment of the dead. Mérida (Spain). Cannibalism is particularly difficult to interpret archaeologically, because cuts, br…
Bones from three caves in Spain reveal how cannibalism has returned over thousands of years. Cannibalism is rightly condemned today, but people weren't always.
Neolithic cannibalistic practices discovered in Spain had a variety of causes. Research conducted in three caves in Granada shows that the practice occurred there for 1,500 years, but took very different forms.
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