We use Nail Guns to day, Much more efficient................
Posted on 03/01/2025 6:51:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The practice of the nailed heads ritual varied among Iberian communities in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, rather than representing a uniform symbolic expression. In some settlements, the display of external individuals served as a symbol of power and intimidation, while others may have prioritized the veneration of their own community members.
This conclusion comes from a study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), which analyzed the mobility patterns of Iron Age human communities from the last millennium BCE. Researchers examined seven skulls with embedded nails, belonging to men from two archaeological sites: the ancient city of Ullastret (located in present-day Girona) and the settlement of Puig Castellar (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona)...
Severed heads were a unique funerary practice within the Iberian world and represent an exceptional opportunity to analyze these communities, of which very little archaeological record exists since cremation was the predominant burial ritual. This practice consisted of the public exhibition of the skulls of certain individuals, subjected to a post-mortem treatment. Some of these skulls have been recovered with signs of nailing and in some cases with an iron nail still in place...
The results of the strontium isotopes of the sediment and vegetation allowed researchers to define the reference range of the strontium in the area near each site (bioavailable strontium). This in turn made it possible to discern which individuals coincided or not with this range and, therefore, identify whether they were local or not.
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Depends, maybe they were all drunk one night, a double dare...
“Oh, that’s nextdoor. It’s getting nailed through the skull lessons in here.”
Old Dinsey? He was a real darlin. Nothing he wouldnt do for you.
That’s gonna leave a mark.....................
We use Nail Guns to day, Much more efficient................
Some of that will buff right out.
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