Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?

Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?

Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.

2,000-Year-Old Bones from Scotland Studied - Archaeology Magazine

Researchers observed lesions and fractures on the woman's cranium. YORK, ENGLAND—Cuts found on the inside of an Iron Age woman’s skull suggest that her brain may have been cut out before burial, according to a CNN report. The woman’s remains were discovered with those of a teenaged boy in 2000 under a cairn in northern Scotland. Laura Castells Navarro of the University of York and her colleagues said that the cut marks were found in areas of the…

In Iron Age Scotland, People Removed the Brains of the Dead and Sharpened Their Bones

A pair of skeletons offer rare insight into the ancient burial practices in Scotland's northern coast.