Divulgation
TRIVIAL GAME: TAPHONOMY
What do you think caused this mark on the bone? Keep reading for the answer!
If you are interested in this topic, we recommend that you read the following publication:
Nohemi Sala, Nicholas Conard. Taphonomic analysis of the hominin remains from Swabian Jura and their implications for the mortuary practices during the Upper Paleolithic. Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 150. 2016. Pages 278-300
TRIVIAL GAME: HISTORY
Who discovered the species 𝘔𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴?
Listen to episode 6 of our podcast “Historias de la Prehistoria” to learn more about Dorothea Bate and her valuable contributions to the world of science.
Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0
TRIVIAL GAME: SITES
Do you know to which species do the fossils found at the Jebel Qafzeh site belong?
Learn more about this important archaeological site by exploring the interactive map on our website.
WINTER SOLSTICE
Humans have the ability to observe their environment and transform natural processes into cultural ones.
Today is the winter solstice, a moment marked by the astronomical dance between the Earth and the Sun.
Today is the shortest day of the year, the longest night.
Today marks the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next.
Prehistoric societies depended on the solar cycle; they surely knew it well and relied on it for hunting, gathering, and their survival. They did the same with death, turning a natural and inevitable process into cultural rituals. In some places, they even combined these two aspects, constructing large megalithic structures oriented in such a way that, on a day like today, the sun would illuminate the funerary chamber. In this way, both processes converged.
Did Paleolithic societies also combine the ritual or funerary with the astronomical? Probably, but we don’t know for sure. In Deathrevol we will keep working to try to answer these questions.
TRIVIAL GAME: HISTORY
Who was Clémence Royer?
Listen to episode 2 of our podcast “Historias de la Prehistoria” to learn more about her!
TRIVIAL GAME: SITES
Where was this burial discovered? Did you get it right? Keep playing our trivial game every week!
TRIVIAL GAME: TAPHONOMY
The below photo shows a human radius that has a series of incisions.
Did you know what caused these marks on the bone before reading this post?
