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Dig reveals human skulls mounted on stakes (Sweden)
The Local ^ | September 19, 2011 | David Landes

Posted on 09/20/2011 7:55:48 AM PDT by decimon

Several human skulls found mounted on wooden stakes have been uncovered from a Stone Age lake bed in central Sweden in what is believed to be the first discovery of its kind anywhere in the world.

“We found two skulls that still had wooden stakes sticking out of them through a whole at the base of the skull,” archeologist Fredrik Hallgren, head of excavation with the Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen (‘Cultural Preservation Society of Mälardalen’) told The Local.

The skulls and other artifacts, including bones of wild animals, were recovered at the Kanaljorden excavation site in the town of Motala in central Sweden.

According to results from carbon-14 dating techniques, the skulls and other items are estimated to be about 8,000-years-old.

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Another dig site nearby in Motala gained worldwide attention in 2010 when archaeologists uncovered what was believed to be a Stone Age dildo.

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(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; baltic; godsgravesglyphs; lakevattern; mesolithic; motala; neolithic; sweden
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1 posted on 09/20/2011 7:55:52 AM PDT by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Heads up ping.


2 posted on 09/20/2011 7:56:44 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

heads up .... grooaannnn


3 posted on 09/20/2011 7:58:48 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: decimon

For those of you who also get migraines, you know this is an old cure...


4 posted on 09/20/2011 8:01:28 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are dumber than soup.)
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To: decimon
“We found two skulls that still had wooden stakes sticking out of them through a whole at the base of the skull,”

I think they just discovered a live one also with a whole(sic) at the base of his skull.

5 posted on 09/20/2011 8:02:28 AM PDT by immadashell
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To: decimon

Darn. They found my old house. Can’t they leave anything alone?


6 posted on 09/20/2011 8:04:28 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: decimon
"...when archaeologists uncovered what was believed to be a Stone Age dildo. "

Um, okay... you got my attention...

7 posted on 09/20/2011 8:06:01 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: headsonpikes

Ping.


8 posted on 09/20/2011 8:06:35 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: decimon

I’ve been to motala. It doesn’t surprise me they found staked out heads. There’s nothing else to do...


9 posted on 09/20/2011 8:08:34 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9

Wait,,,,what was that last sentance? Stone age dildo? TTIUWOP


10 posted on 09/20/2011 8:11:12 AM PDT by Craftmore
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To: Craftmore

I didn’t see that at first either. Ok, that IS worrying...


11 posted on 09/20/2011 8:14:04 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Hatteras; Vanders9

stone aged dildos

I’ve been to motala. It doesn’t surprise me they found staked out heads. There’s nothing else to do...

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I think they found other things to do...


12 posted on 09/20/2011 8:15:00 AM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: decimon

Those Swedes KNEW how to vote out Democrats back then.


13 posted on 09/20/2011 8:19:34 AM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: Hatteras
Stone Age Dildo Found in Sweden

July 15, 2010

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http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2010/07/stone_age_dildo_found_in_swede.php


14 posted on 09/20/2011 8:20:13 AM PDT by ETL (If ya love me, you'd check out my FR Home page! http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Little Ray
Darn. They found my old house.

With the skulls or the dildo?

15 posted on 09/20/2011 8:33:27 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Back in the day when we had been drinking heavily I asked my buddy if when he died could if I have his skull. He asked what for and I said I wanted to put it on a stick and bonk people on the head with it. He liked that and said ok, but then a few years later when he really died and at the funeral I just didn’t have the heart to claim what was rightfully mine.


16 posted on 09/20/2011 8:35:58 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: headsonpikes

You gotta see this.


17 posted on 09/20/2011 8:38:18 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If Hitler had been as lazy as Obama, the 1940's would have been a very nice decade!!)
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To: decimon

The skulls. They were annoying telemarketers.


18 posted on 09/20/2011 8:39:20 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Chickensoup
(4 inches) long and 2 centimetres in diameter

Those Swedes...always bragging.

19 posted on 09/20/2011 8:48:38 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: ETL

Looks like a Saab.


20 posted on 09/20/2011 9:15:12 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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