Re: Prehistoric shaman from 10,000 B.C. found buried

"Jeffrey Turner" <jturner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Steven L. wrote:

"The grave was constructed and specifically arranged for a petite,
elderly, and disabled woman, who was accompanied by exceptional grave
offerings," the archaeologists wrote in this week's edition of the US
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Analysis of the bones show that the shaman was 45 years old, petite and
had an unnatural, asymmetrical appearance due to a spinal disability
that would have affected the woman's gait, causing her to limp or drag
her foot.

Elderly at forty-five? <ahem>


Alas, yes, life was very hard back then and 45 was regarded as a pretty old
age. Living to a really old age was rare, but a few cases show up in
prehistoric burials.

But according to latest doctrine, is her soul in Limbo, Purgatory, or
somewhere else?

--Jeff

--
I learned that ... the most grinding
poverty is a trifling evil compared
with the inequality of classes.
--William Morris



--
Mike Dworetsky

(Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply)

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