UM-Bot Posted November 18, 2019 #1 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The skeletons of two infants unearthed in Ecuador were found to be wearing helmets made from other skulls. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/332172/ancient-skeletons-found-wearing-skull-helmets 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted November 18, 2019 #2 Share Posted November 18, 2019 That was not something I expected to be reading about this morning. 1 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted November 18, 2019 #3 Share Posted November 18, 2019 That reflects badly on you Kismit. You should ALWAYS wake up thinking about Ecuadorian Skull Helmets 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 18, 2019 #4 Share Posted November 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, Kismit said: That was not something I expected to be reading about this morning. We did a lot of things with human skulls prior to being taught scalping, but baby noggin bumpers wasn't one of them. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 18, 2019 #5 Share Posted November 18, 2019 17 minutes ago, Piney said: We did a lot of things with human skulls prior to being taught scalping, but baby noggin bumpers wasn't one of them. In eastern North America (eg modern Kentucky) scalping has been documented at least as early as the Archaic. Trophy limbs were also not uncommon. . 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 18, 2019 #6 Share Posted November 18, 2019 54 minutes ago, Swede said: In eastern North America (eg modern Kentucky) scalping has been documented at least as early as the Archaic. Trophy limbs were also not uncommon. Was that something Webb discovered? Because I never saw that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted November 18, 2019 #7 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Skull helmets on deceased infants huh? . Finally, definitive proof that man is the most superior life form...the very pinnacle of evolution. I'm sure they had a good reason. maybe the Doors said it best? ...."people are strange". ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 18, 2019 #8 Share Posted November 18, 2019 It's an old skill, eh. Prehistoric Old World Scalping: New Cases from the Cemetery of Aymyrlyg, South Siberia https://www.jstor.org/stable/507186?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Evidence for Prehistoric Scalping in Northeastern Nebraska https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2052546.1994.11931728 Evidence of Prehistoric Scalping at Vosberg, Central Arizona https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199606)6:3<230::AID-OA268>3.0.CO;2-Y 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted November 19, 2019 #9 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) In the Pacific in WW2, gold-filled teeth were taken as "trophies". Edited November 19, 2019 by Hammerclaw 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted November 19, 2019 #10 Share Posted November 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Piney said: We did a lot of things with human skulls prior to being taught scalping, but baby noggin bumpers wasn't one of them. Some religions in India still use skulls as bowls , some Shivites and the Naga Babas use skulls as bowls and decoration. The Mexicans decorate their loved ones skulls and now we have prehistoric skull helmets . 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 19, 2019 #11 Share Posted November 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ozfactor said: Some religions in India still use skulls as bowls , some Shivites and the Naga Babas use skulls as bowls and decoration. The Mexicans decorate their loved ones skulls and now we have prehistoric skull helmets . My prayer beads are skulls and my people (Nanticoke-Southern Unami) practiced defleshing and bundling the bones then keeping them for 5 years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 19, 2019 #12 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Eldorado said: Evidence of Prehistoric Scalping at Vosberg, Central Arizona Certain tribes in the Southwest took whole faces and stretched them on hoops. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted November 19, 2019 #13 Share Posted November 19, 2019 36 minutes ago, Piney said: My prayer beads are skulls and my people (Nanticoke-Southern Unami) practiced defleshing and bundling the bones then keeping them for 5 years. Did they keep the bones in caves and visit them ? I kind of remember seeing a show about a culture that practised defleshing the bones and keeping them in caves like catacombs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted November 19, 2019 #14 Share Posted November 19, 2019 37 minutes ago, Piney said: Certain tribes in the Southwest took whole faces and stretched them on hoops. Was it the faces of enemies or loved ones ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 19, 2019 #15 Share Posted November 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Ozfactor said: Was it the faces of enemies or loved ones ? Enemies. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 19, 2019 #16 Share Posted November 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, Ozfactor said: Did they keep the bones in caves and visit them ? I kind of remember seeing a show about a culture that practised defleshing the bones and keeping them in caves like catacombs. A "Death House" with a keeper spirit or physical guardian. https://mht.maryland.gov/documents/pdf/archeology/currentresearch/middle_atlantic_ossuaries.pdf 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton80 Posted November 19, 2019 #17 Share Posted November 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Piney said: My prayer beads are skulls and my people (Nanticoke-Southern Unami) practiced defleshing and bundling the bones then keeping them for 5 years. Interesting, for which religion are these prayer beads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 19, 2019 #18 Share Posted November 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Phaeton80 said: Interesting, for which religion are these prayer beads? Tendai Buddhism 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylemurph Posted November 20, 2019 #19 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 1:02 PM, Swede said: In eastern North America (eg modern Kentucky) scalping has been documented at least as early as the Archaic. Trophy limbs were also not uncommon. . Ah, so Kentucky was Kentucky even before it was Kentucky. —Jaylemurph 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 20, 2019 #20 Share Posted November 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, jaylemurph said: Ah, so Kentucky was Kentucky even before it was Kentucky. Dark and bloody ground....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 20, 2019 #21 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 3:58 PM, Piney said: Was that something Webb discovered? Because I never saw that. If memory serves, at least some of the recoveries postdate Webb. Will check my library when time allows. Quite the hectic stretch. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 20, 2019 #22 Share Posted November 20, 2019 17 hours ago, jaylemurph said: Ah, so Kentucky was Kentucky even before it was Kentucky. —Jaylemurph Chuckle! As noted by Piney, the area does have a rather deep-time reputation. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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