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Modified human crania from Göbekli Tepe provide evidence for a new form of Neolithic skull cult

Julia Gresky, Juliane Haelm, Lee Clare, 2017. Science Advances.

Three skull fragments with deliberate deep incisions and a drilled hole; the authors read them as skulls displayed or suspended after death.

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Gresky, J., Haelm, J., & Clare, L. (2017). Modified human crania from Göbekli Tepe provide evidence for a new form of Neolithic skull cult. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700564
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