Eight thousand years ago, tragedy struck a Stone Age community living in what is now Majoonsuo in Finland – the death of a beloved child.
An analysis of their grave reveals the pomp and grandeur of that child's burial: a final resting place that included feathers, fur, and rare plant fibers.
"The method used demonstrates that traces of fur and feathers can be found even in graves several thousands of years old, including in Finland,"Understanding the cultures of ages past is a bit like putting together a puzzle when most of the pieces are missing. We only have the artifacts that survive the ravages of time; usually, that doesn't include much in the way of organic matter.
But the soil in the grave was almost completely the original soil that had interred the child, opening up another avenue for study: soil analysis. Another feather fragment was identified as belonging to a falcon. Perhaps it had formed part of the fletching on the arrows placed in the grave, from which only the quartz arrowheads remained; or perhaps falcon feathers were used to decorate the child's clothing.
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