Unusual Złockie culture burial found in Poland

Archaeologists have recently uncovered an unusual tomb belonging to the Złockie culture of the middle Neolithic era in Kleczanów, Poland. The skeleton is that of a partially disabled individual that archaeologists think may have been somone special within the group.

2/3. Bone plaques – elements of a belt, an awl and flint arrowhead. Image: M. Florek via PAP

The discovery was made accidentally during ploughing in January 2014 and archaeologists called to the scene by the farmer began a detailed investigation.

“The burial consisted of a vertical shaft with a depth of more than 1.50 metres, which terminated in a chamber that was oval in plan” – explains Dr. Marek Florek the conservator on the project.

Possible ex-carnation

The flat base of the grave was lined with stone slabs and here the skeleton of the deceased, which initial examination suggests is female, was scattered across the surface. According to the archaeologists, the arrangement of skeletal remains in the grave indicates that the deceased was not buried immediately after death, but only after the decay of the soft tissues of the body, making it possible that some form of ex-carnation may have taken place. [...] pasthorizonspr.com  (B&W3)