Context matters in Neolithic archaeology. While Vráble shows possible ritual treatment, other LBK sites reveal unambiguous violence. Asparn-Schletz in Austria (more than 200 individuals killed around 5000 BC), Talheim and Schöneck-Kilianstädten in Germany, and especially Herxheim (1,000+ individuals) demonstrate late LBK society was capable of organized brutality. Findings published in PNAS.
Comparative LBK mass violence sites across Central Europe
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- Asparn-Schletz (Austria) contained dozens of bodies in a ditch dispatched with brutal violence; young women conspicuously absent
- Talheim (Germany) contained 34 people in a mass grave killed by blunt force and arrow shots
- Herxheim (Germany) contained more than 1,000 individuals in a mass grave
- Schöneck-Kilianstädten (Germany) contained 26 people dispatched by blunt force trauma and arrow shots
- Late LBK society was capable of organized violence on a significant scale
- Paper published in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society by Professor Martin Furholt of Kiel University
Sources
The Neolithic Genocide at Asparn-Schletzcombatarchaeology.org
This post aims to present and offer comments upon the early Neolithic genocide from Asparn-Schletz, Lower Austria.
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These massacres entail killing on a relative scale seen today only in the most war-torn countries.
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