A pig playing the bagpipes whilst sat on a stool; a medieval painted glass panel in the Rotunda Museum, Scarborough.pic.twitter.com/xaWAnhUM56
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An Early Bronze Age coffin from Gristhorpe Barrow, near Scarborough; dates c.2200-1900 BC & made from an oak trunk:pic.twitter.com/nLDatqFZx6
Closer view of the Bronze Age coffin from Gristhorpe, N.Yorks, showing a rough carving of a human face at one end:pic.twitter.com/eOIh6vZrOO
An oak branch from 1750-1530 BC, placed on the Gristhorpe coffin when the barrow was reopened at that time:pic.twitter.com/nFJWzbeyNy
are there thoughts that this is a burial of a high-status, non-warrior, religious figure, maybe an important/founding druid?
Beyond saying is clearly unusual rite and involved a lot of effort, so prob high-status, not sure we can say more, alas?
@irarchaeology / Cool!! Was it for fishing, or hunting?
We don't know, so far as I'm aware, but both uses v plausible :)
Woooh. THAT would make life difficult for a stag/salmon. ... (?) Spear head?
def used in that kind of way, and yes, absolutely!
Yowza! Goes in easily but quite painful to pull out, I suspect.
Exactly!
Even way back then, humans were certainly adept at finding ways to inflict pain and suffering. Aren't we wonderful!
@irarchaeology What a great find.
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