Denmark,At Bøgebakken in Vedbæk, near the graves from Gøngehusvej, over 20 skeletons were found dating to the Mesolithic period. Here a woman and small boy can be seen. There were many different methods of burying the dead in the× Mesolithic period. At Gøngehusvej at× Vedbæk inhumated and cremated bodies were buried in both single and double-graves. There were children’s graves and a dog’s grave. A newborn baby was buried on a wooden plate. Around the child were traces of ochre. The grave had lain open so that the small child could be gazed down upon. Death was an ever-present element of life in the× Age. This can explain why× Age burials are sometimes found at settlements. The hunter-gatherers of the× Age could be buried with rich grave goods or none at all. Scattered finds of human bones in waste dumps from the× Mesolithic period show that not everyone received a proper burial.Denmark,
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:07:11 +0000
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