'Nailed-head ritual' in Iron Age Spain was more 'complex than initially thought,' severed skulls reveal
When you buy through links on our web site , we may earn an affiliate committal . Here ’s how it works . Prehistoric multitude in Spain severed the heads of dead citizenry and drove jumbo nails through their skull for very unlike reasons : to celebrate the community ’s ancestors and to intimidate their enemy , a new analysis of Iron Age skulls suggests . In a new sketch , research worker examined seven severed skulls from two archeological site on the southeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula , with the end of identifying where the decapitated hoi polloi come from ....