US Edition5,000-Year-Old Dog Skeleton and Dagger Buried Together in Swedish Bog Hint at Mysterious Stone Age Ritual
The dog and a 10-inch bone dagger were likely part of a Stone Age ritual by ancient fishers, with such dagger finds being symbolically significant in Sweden, experts said.
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Neolithic Burial Shows Humans Cared for Dogs 5,000 Years Ago
Archaeologists excavate a Late Neolithic dog burial at Logsjömossen near Järna in southern Sweden. Credit: The Archaeologists, NHM In southern Sweden, archaeologists have uncovered a 5,000-year-old burial that is reshaping how researchers understand the bond between humans and dogs during the Neolithic period. The discovery was made in the wetlands of Logsjömossen near Järna, southeast of Stockholm, during excavations linked to the construction …
The archaeologists' unique findings. "Dogs were used in ritual acts."
5,000-year-old dog skeleton and dagger buried in a Swedish bog reveal Stone Age ritual practices among fishing communities
A remarkably preserved Stone Age dog burial found in a bog in central Sweden has completely reshaped the current understanding of funerary rituals practiced among prehistoric fishing communities. The burial dates back approximately 5,000 years and was unearthed during archaeological surveys linked to the construction of a new high-speed railway near the hamlet of Gerstaberg, […]
In the lake sediments of the Logsjömossen wetland, on the outskirts of Järna to the southwest of Stockholm, a team of archaeologists from the Arkeologerna institution, dependent on the National Historical Museums of Sweden, has recovered a mute and extraordinary testimony of the relationship between the Neolithic man and the animal that was already his [...]
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