Upper Palaeolithic infant burials

Thomas Einwögerer, Herwig Friesinger, Marc Händel, Christine Neugebauer-Maresch (), Ulrich Simon and Maria Teschler-Nicola
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Thomas Einwögerer: Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Herwig Friesinger: Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Marc Händel: Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Christine Neugebauer-Maresch: Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Ulrich Simon: Prehistoric Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Maria Teschler-Nicola: Natural History Museum Vienna

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7117, 285-285

Abstract: Good graves The discovery of two ritual infant burials from the Upper Palaeolithic at Krems-Wachtberg in Austria throws new light on the attitude of 'Stone Age' societies to death and to the young. The apparent ritual element involved covering the body with red ochre and ornamental decorations. This suggests that by 27,000 years ago, newborns were considered to be full members of these hunter-gatherer communities.

Date: 2006
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