The discovery of infant remains in Italy represent the oldest documented burial of an infant female in European archaeology, researchers say. The remains were found in the back of a cave adorned with 60 shell beads, 4 pendants and an eagle-owl talon.
The discovery gives insight into the funeral practices of the Mesolithic era, also known as the middle period of the Stone Age, from which there are few recorded burials. And experts say that the richly decorated remains may also help illuminate how the period's hunter-gatherer society viewed its young and female members.
“The presence of perforated shells with traces of prolonged use means that these have been worn for a long time by the adults. These shells were perhaps sewn to her dress.”The research team’s findings were released Tuesday in an article in Scientific Reports, a peer-reviewed journal.in 2006 by the head of a local museum, but he only had the opportunity to start investigating it along with other researchers in 2015.
“It is well recognizable even from a long distance,” Negrino said. “Now vegetation covers most of the entrance and the area in front of it, but during the Pleistocene and the Early Holocene it must have been very visible and represented an essential landmark for the groups of hunter-gatherers who ventured along Neva valley.”
Neve's skeleton was heavily damaged and missing significant portions, including most of the mid-abdominal region, according to the journal article.The researchers used cutting edge technology to examine the remains and were able to date the infant’s teeth, showing that she died 40 to 50 days after she was born. It also showed that she experienced stress that briefly halted the growth of her teeth 47 days and 28 days before she was born.
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