Woman buried with swaddled baby, Wennungen, Germany, 2575-2450 BCE. For protection, the swaddling sling was decorated with dog teeth from over 50 animals [928×1650]
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Woman buried with swaddled baby, Wennungen, Germany, 2575-2450 BCE. For protection, the swaddling sling was decorated with dog teeth from over 50 animals [928×1650]
by Fuckoff555
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Canine teeth from over 50 animals? Maybe is what they meant?
Do they suspect they both died in child birth?
From the exhibition catalog the text under her remains in the British museum exhibit World of Stonehenge which was on display in July of 2022:
Facing death together
From central Asia to the Atlantic, the dead were buried aligned on the rising sun, connected to cycles of rebirth and renewal. They were accompanied by objects reflecting mortal achievements and tragedies.
The man on the right was buried as a warrior.
A healed head wound was probably inflicted by a battle-axe. The woman on the left was buried with a baby swaddled in a sling, decorated for protection with dog teeth from over 50 animals.
Both belonged to a style of burial that had spread to Britain from the continent by 4,500 years ago.
Human remains, Wennungen, Germany, 2575-2450 BC State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt
https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/The_world_of_Stonehenge_The_British_Musuem_large_print_guide.pdf