Posted on 08/17/2012 5:42:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
It was likely tribal warfare: after a surprise attack on a rival tribe, the raiders threw the heads of the killed defenders into the water well.
Modern leftist academics refuse to give any recognition the special evolutionary pressure that drove human evolution at high speed while leaving all other plants and animals untouched. That special pressure originates from the very same source that leftism does: envy.
No mystery here. After the divorce, where he got skinned by the ex-wife, the in-laws got a face-bashing to show the contempt of the husband for their family.
It seems like one group attacked another group and then buried the ones they captured up to their necks in the dirt to keep as prisoners. Then they killed them one by one with a rock or maybe they were eaten by animals or both.
If the invading group decided to stay they would cut the heads off of the bodies and bury them separately and then kick dirt over the already buried bodies.
Look...I am an anthropologist!
That one makes the most sense. :’)
Wait — does this mean that an undocumented, incomprehensible ritual purpose can be ruled out?!? ;’)
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