Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a woodpecker headdress, archaeologists discover

livescience - A new method of studying the contents of soil samples has revealed Stone Age people in Sweden were buried in decorated fur-and-feather clothing.

AI Summary: Archaeologists using novel soil‑analysis techniques uncovered a richly dressed Stone Age burial in Sweden: a child interred with deerskin clothing and a woodpecker‑feather headdress. The find rewrites assumptions about funerary dress and social expression in prehistoric northern Europe, revealing symbolic behavior and craftsmanship previously invisible in the soil.

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