Severed Heads in Iron Age Iberia Weren’t Just War Trophies, New Research Suggests

Iron cycle living in the IBERIA peninsula in the last millennium, BCE made a surprising funeral tradition: Sometimes hanging them with a huge nail with the skull. Archaeologists are not sure of whose head is cut: this was a strange warning for the groundbound ritual or enemies for important community members?

To explore this question, the European Research team cut off two archaeological sites in Spain to determine whether the local residents or outsiders of these ancient settlements. Local origin expresses a funeral customer for the respected members of society, and the heads of the remaining outsiders can serve as a symbol of power. Interesters found evidence for both assumptions, and the funeral demeanrt trades have changed the traditions from society to society and even individual settlements.

“Our approaching building was this [the severed heads] War trophies would not be analyzed, if they were not analyzed, they are likely to be local, “Rubén de la Fuente-Seaane, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) an archaeologist (UAB) statement. He is the first author learnIt was published on February 13 Archaeological science magazine: Reports.

Researchers have taken isotopic analysis (Ancient human diets and seven hoods used to study the diets, environments and movements, the ancient Iberian settlement and the city of modern Spain.

The analysis said three of the four cut heads from Puig Castellar, probably not local. In addition, all Puig Castellar heads were found in the “near the main entrance to the internal face of the wall, in the study of researchers.” It was added that “they are interested in interest in visible.” Based on these two elements, Fuente-Seeddane and colleagues, colleagues, he was war trophies designed to eliminate both foreign and internal enemies.

As for the heads of the Ullastret, they were “discovered a mixture of local and non-local origin,” said Fuente-Seaane, Fuente-Seaane continued. Two of the third leaders were probably hung on the doors of the local and one-city street, or were hung on the doors of the houses, and the residents of the exposure would be preserved by the society, and the society was preserved, “researchers will be held or defended.

On the other hand, on the other hand, in the opinion of the researchers, in the opinion of a potential storage in a potential storage in a potential storage for the leaders.

As a result, the job “shows that this experience is [displaying] The heads of the phrase were applied differently on each site, which excludes a homogeneous symbolic statement. In other words, the funeral tradition was more complicated than previously thoughtful scientists. “But you need more research to make sure.”

Nevertheless, it sheds light into an ancient culture with several other archeological traces to a general culture.