Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. [from old catalog] · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 522
composition, for not only the lower jaw but a number ofthe neck vertebrae were found with each skull. The heads had THE BURIALS AT OFNET 477 been severed from the necks by a sharp flint, the marks of whichare plainly visible on some of the vertebrae. It is noteworthy that most of these skulls are… … Fig. 254. Burial nest of six skulls, all facing westward, from the large grotto of Ofnet.After R. R. Schmidt. people were offered in sacrifice, in which case decapitation wasthe means of death. But, then, how explain the abundant orna-ments of stag teeth and snail shells (Helix nemoralis) with…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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