Ancient Human Spines Threaded Onto Posts Found In Peru
Researchers unearth 500 - yr - previous grave in southerly Peru have excavate 192 human spines meander onto reed posts . describe this remarkable find in the journalAntiquity , the authors say this strange assemblage of human vertebrae may have provided a means for indigenous people to reconstructdead bodiesdamaged by European grave robbers . The skewered spines were recovered from burial web site in the Chincha Valley , where the local residential area was decimate by shortage and disease epidemic come the arrival of Europeans ....