Three skeletons uncovered in a rock shelter adorned with red pigment rock art reveal burial rituals of early humans who followed well-trodden paths through Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands, albeit thousands of years apart.
But there was more to this story. When the researchers returned four years later to further excavate the burial site, widening it to the southeast, they unearthed two more bodies buried in different positions, one on top of the other.
Also of note was a shellfish hook lying on its left side, placed at the neck of the almost complete female skeleton. Researchers used this adornment to confirm the age of the remains. "The three quite unusual and interesting burials show different mortuary practices, which might relate to recent discoveries of multiple migratory routes through the islands of Wallacea from thousands of years ago," Samper-CarroSome features of these burials do, however, show similarities to other graves found across mainland and southeast Asian islands, which could suggest early humans exchanged cultural information as they migrated.
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