A human brain that may date back more than two millennia has been recovered from a skull unearthed near York, offering an unusual case of soft tissue survival in Iron Age archaeology.
Very little is known about funerary practices in Iron Age Britain, since few human remains have survived ... Age cranium, leading the authors to conclude that it likely resulted from a targeted impact.
An Iron Age Scottish woman likely had her brains scooped out after she died as part of her burial, according to a new study that sheds further light on the complex funerary rites of this prehistoric... .
An Iron Age Scottish woman likely had her brains scooped out after she died as part of her burial, according to a new study that sheds further light on the complex funerary rites of this prehistoric culture.
A pair of related human skeletons discovered in northwest Scotland are offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into Iron Age familial relationships and burial practices.
During the Iron Age, cremation was the dominant burial practice across the Nordic world ... What makes the Rogsta excavation particularly significant is the presence of much older remains beneath the Iron Age cemetery.
So when a rare Iron Age shield turned up near Enderby, Leicestershire, it blew researchers away ... It dates back from 395 BC to 255 BC, so we know it's from the Middle Iron Age ... Iron Age people were.