Archaeologists Find Prehistoric Mass Grave With Headless Skeletons [38, Vrable, Slovakia]

Heritage Daily ^ | January 13, 2023 | Markus Milligan

[SunkenCiv]

Excavations were conducted by a team from the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) at Kiel University (CAU), and the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, which have been conducting research on the site of Vráble-Ve'lke Lehemby, one the largest Early Neolithic settlements in Central Europe.

Vráble-Ve'lke Lehemby was occupied between 5,250 to 4,950 BC, comprising of 313 houses in three neighbouring villages. The south-western of the three settlements was surrounded by a 1.3 km-long double ditch that likely served as boundary marker rather than serving any defensive purpose.

Archaeologists excavating the ditch have found 38 individuals in what appears to be a mass grave within an area of 15 square metres.

Except for the remains of a young child, all of the deceased appears to have been decapitated, adding to several other burials of decapitated remains discovered in 2021 nearby.

Martin Furholt from CAU said: "In mass graves with an unclear positioning, the identification of an individual is usually based on the skull, so for us this year's find represents a particularly challenging excavation situation."

The discovery raises many questions. Several bones out of their anatomical position suggest that the already-skeletonised bodies were pushed into the middle of the trench to make room for new ones. Some skeleton also have the first cervical vertebra preserved, indication that the head was carefully removed, rather than a rushed violent action...

[wildcard_redneck]

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[ought-six]

Nice try, son.

[wildcard_redneck]

Here is your hero....

[ought-six]

Again; nice try, kid.

[wildcard_redneck]

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[ought-six]

I think you’ve adequately shown — on your own — that you are, indeed, full of malarkey.

[jerod]

Hmm... I wonder where those heads went?

[Verginius Rufus]

Given the date, this is long before the Slavs were differentiated from other groups. It may be before the "Proto-Indo-Europeans," but I don't know if this area would have had any Pre-PIE speakers at that time--perhaps they were further east.

Maybe they were victims of headhunters.

[SunkenCiv]

“LUNCH!”

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, there’s a nutty claim that the hillforts — which are known to have been used as hillforts in Roman times — weren’t really forts. I wonder if it’s commonly held belief among the jokers who are trying to rehabilitate the “memory” of Emperor Nero.

[SunkenCiv]

I thought it was an early headache remedy.

It does work.

[Lazamataz]

If you kids don’t stop back there, I WILL TURN THIS CAR AROUND!

[SunkenCiv]

Well said. The practices were ubiquitous.

[SunkenCiv]

This site could have been a dump site for the local massacre of the time. Could have been a “bring out your dead” mass burial of plague victims. The fact that all of them were beheaded probably indicates the former. :^)

[ought-six]

LOL! Good one, Laz!

It’s been almost 70 years since I heard that. And, my Dad meant it!

[Grimmy]

Probably find the skulls on the lintels and fence posts of the homes of the folks from the other village that slaughtered them all.

Headhunting was a thing for a long time.

Lots of majik in them there heads. Give good power to them what takes ‘em.