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  • Tumulus skeleton found with arrow tip in spine [ 6,500 BC ]

    12/10/2010 9:16:05 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 41 replies
    Today's Zaman ^ | Thursday, December 9, 2010 | unattributed
    "This tomb of a man in his 30s from the early Chalcolithic period did not seem unusual at first glance. He was buried in accordance with the burial traditions of the period. ... On closer examination of the skeleton, we discovered a deep arrow wound in the bottom of his spine," paleoanthropologist Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg from the excavation team told the Anatolia news agency. "The arrow tip explained the cause of this Aktopraklik man's death almost precisely," she said... Adding that it is very probable that the man died quickly due to excessive bleeding, the paleoanthropologist said: "it seems that...