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Posted on 07/20/2025 12:10:05 PM PDT by george76
In a discovery shedding light on prehistoric human conflict, archaeologists have found a flint arrowhead embedded in a human rib dating back more than 4,000 years. The remains were unearthed at Roc de les Orenetes, a high-altitude collective burial site in the Catalan Pyrenees (northeast Spain), situated over 1,800 meters above sea level.
This exceptional find—revealing direct evidence of interpersonal violence—was made during recent excavations led by Dr. Carlos Tornero from the IPHES-CERCA and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
This discovery provides a rare, tangible glimpse into the social tensions within early highland communities of the third millennium BCE. It stands as direct, almost forensic proof of interpersonal conflict—highlighting the critical value of archaeological research in uncovering not just how these people lived, but how they responded to violence and adversity.
A Violent Encounter in Prehistoric Times..
The arrow, shot from behind, struck a rib but didn’t kill the individual immediately. Instead, the bone showed signs of healing, suggesting the person survived the attack, at least temporarily. According to osteoarchaeologist Dr. Miguel Ángel Moreno (University of Edinburgh), this opens new possibilities for studying trauma, weapon types, and even the attacker’s position relative to the victim.
Further analysis is underway using X-ray microtomography and advanced biochemical techniques to learn more about the impact and healing processes.
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A Burial Cave Tied to a Close-Knit Mountain Community
Roc de les Orenetes served as a burial site for over 60 individuals between 2200–2000 BCE, likely members of the same community. Excavations since 2019 have recovered more than 6,000 human bone fragments. The skeletal remains suggest a population of robust, physically active herders, deeply adapted to life in the mountains.
Earlier studies had already identified cut marks, fractures, and weapon-related injuries, but until now, it wasn’t clear whether the weapons had actually struck people or were simply grave goods. This embedded arrowhead offers the first unambiguous evidence of a violent encounter.
A Site of Ongoing Discovery..
First discovered in the 1960s, the cave has a long archaeological history. It was recently revitalized as part of the ARRELS/RAÍCES Prehistoric Roots Project, supported by the Catalan government, the town of Queralbs, and the Ripoll Ethnographic Museum.
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The site is now considered one of the most important prehistoric high-mountain cemeteries in southern Europe—providing an unprecedented window into the lives, struggles, and resilience of early Pyrenean societies.
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I remember visiting LA’s La Brea tarpits as a kid.
The sassy tour guide, talked about the animals found in the tar, but also mentioned the human skeletons found there, with arrow or knife wounds.
He then said: “So as you can see, Los Angeles hasn’t changed much in 10,000 years”
How many arrowheads?
If more than one, maybe it was suicide.
“””How many arrowheads?
If more than one, maybe it was suicide.”””
His bow went off when he was cleaning it.
Or a hunting accident.
Or his wife accidentally grabbed the bow instead of the phone.
The Democrat [Nationalizing-Socialsm] Party, a bedrock of racism, forbears all turf wars . . . except WHITE <— a deplorable “color” . . . until a Democrat finds itself at the mercy of the consequences of the Democrat’s rhetoric and voting history.
Such Democrat Color Revolutions are that party’s foreign and domestic policy and “blood sport” <— claimed to be “mostly peaceful” but proven otherwise.
if only those people had banned arrows! they could have prevented future murders!
heartless savages!
Hunting accident. An ancestor of Dick Cheney, no doubt.
And it had a hare trigger?
“unambiguous evidence of a violent encounter”
He was such a good kid and was getting his life back on track and was an aspiring rapper.
The point being, that alleged “progressive” champions of not using fur, would find themselves using fur, killing animals, burning fossil fuel, and wishing they had steel tools and weapons!
We need common sense arrow control regulations.
Grok, atty at law, recently unfrozen from the ice
What on God’s green earth makes people think violence didn’t exist in those days??????
That’s kind of funny.
No, but someone else could have been shooting and he accidentally steppedin front of the arrow. Or, contrary to his mother’s advice, he could have been running and fell on it.
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