Archaeologists Find Child’s Skull Built Into Floor of 2,500-Year-Old Scandinavian House
Archaeologists in Scandinavia have uncovered a startling burial feature inside a 2,500-year-old house: the skull of a child placed into the floor structure. The find is prompting renewed scrutiny of Iron Age domestic ritual, mortuary practice, and the blurred boundary between household space and sacred space in early northern Europe.
