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Anthropology

rampartd

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5. human sacrifice was certainly endemic in the neolithic

Reply to wnylib (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 27, 2024, 02:32 AM

Dec 27

the bog bodies , at least some of them seem sacrificed, . the celts burned those wicker cages , and many early city states sacrificed an annual king in the spring. in any case the ceremonial sacrifices would have been individuals i think, not dozens (the aztecs, on the other hand .....) and rarely eaten.

i hope that we learn more.

another interesting question involves the age of the sacrifice. in europe they seem to be adults, in mesopotania or carthage certainly children, mostly infants, suggesting population control as an underlying motive.

https://archive.org/details/20200305goldenbough

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Sounds like warfare, or they cast some group as 'the other' bucolic_frolic Dec 15 #1

cannibalism is generally taboo rampartd Dec 19 #3

Ritual sacrifices to the gods? Such sacrifices have occurred at other locations wnylib Dec 26 #4

human sacrifice was certainly endemic in the neolithic rampartd Dec 27 #5

Cannibalism was part of the fertility sacrifices in some of the wnylib Dec 27 #6

that sounds reasonable rampartd Dec 27 #7

Adding a link mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 #2