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To: BenLurkin
Was there anything to show that the shaman was a man rather than a woman? I think female shamans were found in some societies.

They did not use miles or kilometers in Britain at that time. If this was a genuine Siberian shaman, maybe he/she measured distances in versts (but maybe those were only used in European Russia)...and chances are the person was born locally.

6 posted on 12/16/2022 9:41:58 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Article says they were unable to sex the skeletons. Also unable on someone interred “royally” at a nearby barrow.

Usually a pelvis is all you need. And there’s usually a pelvis in every burial.

It’s undergrad stuff (even old Ben knew how, once upon a time) Not sure what the problem seems to be for this current crop of bone wranglers.


7 posted on 12/16/2022 9:49:02 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Maybe he was Travelling Shaman, kinda like a paleo-Gypsy............


9 posted on 12/16/2022 9:53:25 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Silly, it would have been id’ed as a shawoman.


20 posted on 12/16/2022 11:27:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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