Grisly Mass Grave in Utah Cave Is Evidence of ‘Prehistoric Warfare,’ Study Says

Severed Heads, Skull Bowls Found in California Graves Were Tributes, Not War Trophies, Study Finds

October 12, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 14295 1

A 3,000 year-old village discovered in central California has been found to contain an unusual set of burials — with more than a half dozen individuals buried without their heads,…

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Mass Grave Found in California Reveals Prehistoric Violence Against ‘Outsiders’

September 28, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 27286 5

An ancient mass grave, uncovered during the construction of a shopping mall outside San Francisco, contains the bodies of seven men who appear to have been victims of “mass homicide”…

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Projectile point in human remains in California

From Stone Darts to Dismembered Bodies, New Study Reveals 5,000 Years of Violence in Central California

April 28, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 25944 13

From shooting their enemies with darts and arrows to crushing their skulls and even harvesting body parts as trophies, the ancient foragers of central California engaged in sporadic, and sometimes…

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First Evidence Found of Storied Battle That Stopped Spain’s Eastward Expansion

March 17, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 26685 12

Nearly 300 years ago, two great alliances collided on the Great Plains in a battle that changed the course of American history. But until now, no physical evidence of the…

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Plains Indian Fortress With Moat, ‘Underground Apartments’ Unearthed in Oklahoma

December 2, 2013 —by Blake de Pastino 22995 4

A tumultuous time on the southern Plains is slowly returning to the surface in Oklahoma, where archaeologists have excavated a 250-year-old fortress built by a people known as the Taovaya,…

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Mass Grave of ‘Prodigal Sons’ in California Poses Prehistoric Mystery

October 17, 2013 —by Blake de Pastino 21467 10

New research has turned up some perplexing clues in a prehistoric mystery: the fate of three men found in a mass grave in California, their bodies riddled with arrow points…

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