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A new study might just have the answer as to why Ice Age Europeans wore jewellery. In this video I discuss this paper, as well as the discovery of a royal Mayan tomb in Guatemala, a strange megalithic grave in Sweden with headless skeletons, new research into cooking practices in Neolithic Germany and a rare Bronze Age artefact found in England.

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00:00 Introduction
00:41 New study may explain why Ice Age Europeans wore jewellery
04:32 Royal Mayan tomb discovered in Guatemala
05:56 Unusual megalithic tomb found in Sweden
07:21 A new paper analyses food residues from Neolithic pots in Germany
09:09 Metal detectorist uncovers 3,000-year-old gold cloak fastener in England

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✨ REFERENCES

Alex, B. (2024). ‘‘Landmark paper’ shows why ice age Europeans wore jewelry,’ Science, 29 January. https://www.science.org/content/artic...

Baker, J., Rigaud, S., Pereira, D. et al. Evidence from personal ornaments suggest nine distinct cultural groups between 34,000 and 24,000 years ago in Europe. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01...

Nalewicki, J. (2024). ‘‘Jade mask depicting Maya storm god unearthed in royal tomb in Guatemala,’ Livescience, 1 February. https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo...

Metcalfe, T. (2024). ‘’1 of Sweden’s oldest stone tombs is mysteriously missing skulls,’ Livescience, 31 January. https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo...

Sjögren, K.G., Blank, M., Ahlström, T., Axelsson, T., Dreibrodt, S. and Müller, J., 2023. Tiarp Backgården. An Early Neolithic Dolmen in Falbygden, Sweden and Early Megalithic Tombs in South Scandinavia and Northern Central Europe. Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, (25).

Kubiak-Martens, L., Oudemans, T.F., Brozio, J.P., Filipović, D., Müller, J. and Kirleis, W., 2024. Transformation of cereal grains: Botanical and chemical analysis of food residues encrusted on pottery from the Funnel Beaker settlement of Oldenburg LA 77, northern Germany. Plos one, 19(1), p.e0296986.

Kali, G. (2024). ‘Metal detectorist, 54, strikes gold after digging up 3,000-year-old Bronze Age cloak fastener in 'one-in-a-billion' discovery,’ Daily Mail, 1 February. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...

✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

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Images and diagrams from the Oldenburg site, credit: Kubiak-Martens, L. et al., in the paper referenced above.

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Gravettian tools, credit: Didier Descouens
Gravettian shell necklace, credit: Didier Descouens

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Gravettian necklace, credit: Thilo Parg
Venus of Hohle Fels, credit: Ramessos 
Venus of Willendorf, credit: Oke

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Replica of a cave painting in the Peach Merle cave in France

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Gravettian jewellery used in the study, credit: Baker, J. et al.
Images related to the Mayan tomb, credit: Tulane University
Megalithic tomb in Sweden, credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren
Images related to the gold cloak fastener, credit: Jonathan Needham/SWNS