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Upper Palaeolithic infant burials

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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)

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.

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  • Thomas Einwögerer & Herwig Friesinger & Marc Händel & Christine Neugebauer-Maresch & Ulrich Simon & Maria Teschler-Nicola, 2006. "Upper Palaeolithic infant burials," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7117), pages 285-285, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7117:d:10.1038_444285a
    DOI: 10.1038/444285a
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