Fossil profile: Guattari 1 and the history of mortuary archaeology
An opening to the Grotta Guattari was uncovered by workmen in 1939. In this hidden cave, they found a chamber with bones, which included the skull of a Neand...
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Link: Article on changing perspectives on Neandertals
A couple of years ago I pointed to a news article about archaeological work at Descubierta Cave, Spain: “Link: Neandertal burial ritual with antler hearths”....
Link: Neandertal burial ritual with antler hearths
A Neandertal “burial ritual” at Des-Cubierta Cave? “Cave fires and rhino skull used in Neanderthal burial rituals”.
Quote: Paleolithic religion as sex mysticism
I ran across a 1940 paper by George Barton, a specialist on Near Eastern religious tradition, during the course of researching a paper I’m writing. The paper...