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Britain’s largest ancient massacre may have included cannibalism

Last updated: December 16, 2024 2:31 am
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A gruesome 4,000-year-old murder mystery unraveled in southwestern England, where a massacre led to dismemberment and possibly cannibalism. Archaeologist Rick Schulting and his team from the University of Oxford uncovered evidence of at least 37 men, women, and children meeting a violent end at Charterhouse Warren. The attackers, still unidentified, threw butchered parts of animals into a 15-meter-deep natural shaft alongside the human remains.

The motives behind this Early Bronze Age event remain unclear, as no weapons or clues to the attackers’ identity have been found. This level of violence was unprecedented in Britain during that time period. The Early Bronze Age in Britain spanned from about 2200 B.C. to 1500 B.C., and this massacre stands out for its scale and the treatment of the victims post-mortem.

While this massacre is rare in British archaeological records, similar ancient human massacre sites have been discovered in continental Europe. Schulting’s team analyzed over 3,000 human bones and fragments unearthed at Charterhouse Warren in the 1970s and 1980s. Radiocarbon dating places the deposition of human and animal remains at around 4,200 to 4,000 years ago.

Chemical analysis of the bones indicated that most victims likely grew up near Charterhouse Warren. Nearly half of the recovered skulls showed fatal wounds from blunt force trauma, suggesting a swift and brutal attack. The lack of defensive injuries implies that the victims may have been taken by surprise or were captives before the assault.

Schulting theorizes that a cycle of revenge killings between neighboring communities could have led to this massacre. Similar patterns have been observed in modern hunter-gatherer societies where revenge killings contribute to high homicide rates. The evidence of possible cannibalism at Charterhouse Warren, including tool marks on bones and human chew marks, suggests a gruesome fate for some of the victims.

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The attackers may have partially consumed their victims before depositing their remains alongside butchered animals to dehumanize their enemies. The site at Charterhouse Warren offers a disturbing glimpse into ancient violence and the complexities of social dynamics in prehistoric Britain.

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