{"id":181285,"date":"2023-11-03T10:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181285"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:48:53","slug":"archaeologists-find-evidence-of-sophisticated-warfare-in-5000-year-old-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-sophisticated-warfare-in-5000-year-old-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists find evidence of ‘sophisticated warfare’ in 5,000-year-old grave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christianity ‘turned to archaeology to promote bible’ says expert<\/h3>\n

The horrifying remains of more than 300 skeletons from a mass grave in Spain have sparked a new theory from scientists on what happened to them before they perished.<\/p>\n

Researchers believe the 338 people found in the San Juan ante Portam Latinam (SJAPL) rock shelter in the town of Laguardia were killed as a result of sophisticated warfare.<\/p>\n

They were originally uncovered back in 1991, with the remains themselves dating back to somewhere between 3380 and 3000 B.C.<\/p>\n

The bones were those of ancient skeletons and were found in a series of interwoven and odd positions.<\/p>\n

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The breakthrough was reported by the journal Scientific Reports, and Teresa Fern\u00e1ndez-Crespo, an archaeologist at the University of Valladolid in Spain.<\/p>\n

The paper detailed how archaeologists “teased apart” the bones in order to learn how they met their grizzly end.<\/p>\n

Among the injuries sustained included evidence of traumatic blows, including from arrows.<\/p>\n

Other elements detailed were indicators of poor health, high population pressure, and the emergence of difficult cultural groups.<\/p>\n

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According to Live Science, the bones showed signs of “a more sophisticated and formalized way of warfare than previously appreciated in the European Neolithic record”.<\/p>\n

Researchers for the piece said there was also the possibility that a complex conflict within the community that lived could have led to a bloodbath thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n

“Fern\u00e1ndez-Crespo said: “We think we are seeing the result of a regional inter-group conflict,” Fern\u00e1ndez-Crespo told Live Science in an email on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“Resource competition and social complexity could have been a source of tension, potentially escalating into lethal violence between communities.”<\/p>\n