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Iron Age Burial Unveils Bizarre Brain Removal Ritual in Scotland

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Iron Age Burial Unveils Bizarre Brain Removal Ritual in Scotland

Iron Age long bones from Loch Borralie, Scotland, including femus whittled to sharp points as part of a postmortem burial ritual.

A 2,000-year-old skeleton unearthed at a Scottish burial site shows striking evidence of intentional brain removal after death, shedding remarkable new light on the complex funeral rituals of Iron Age Britons. The discovery, described as a complete surprise by the researchers involved, points to mortuary customs that were previously unknown in the archaeological record of prehistoric Britain.

Identifying funerary practices in Iron Age Britain — the period running from around 800 BC to the Roman invasion in 43 AD — has long been a challenge, as human remains from this era rarely survive. However, the unique environmental conditions of north-west Scotland support the preservation of bone, offering a rare window into the past. Researchers from the University of York, working as part of the COMMIOS project, excavated and examined two individuals buried in a low stone cairn at Loch Borralie in Sutherland, near the north-west tip of the Scottish mainland. Their findings, published in the journal Antiquity, reveal a level of postmortem bone manipulation that has no known parallel in Iron Age archaeology.

Gary Manners

www.Ancient-Origins.net – Reconstructing the story of humanity’s past


Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/iron-age-burial-scotland-00102859



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