Dismembering, Filetting and Evisceration of Human Bodies in a Bronze Age site in Moravia, Czech Republic - Jelinek - 1993

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'Jelínek J, 1993: Dismembering, Filetting and Evisceration of Human Bodies in a Bronze Age site in Moravia, Czech Republic. Anthropologie (Brno) 31, 3: 99-114'.

Abstract

Human remains found in the Early Bronze Age refuse pits at Cezavy Hill, South Moravia, are described. Special attention is paid to the skeletons of two individuals: numerous cutmarks demonstrate the dismembering, filleting and evisceration of the cadavers. The find is interpreted as a part of the complex ritual showing earlier (Eneolithic) roots and later (Iron Age) continuity, illustrating the social relations in the Bronze Age.

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Early Bronze Age - Únětice Culture - Human sacrifice - Cutmarks

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Lors de la fouille d'une nécropole, en Moravie, deux individus présentant de nombreuses marques de cassure, de limage et d'éviscération des cadavres ont retenu l'attention. Cette découverte est interprétée comme un rituel complexe remontant à l'Enéolithique et se perpétuant jusqu'au Fer et illustre les relations sociales du Bronze. (La traduction unofficielle)

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