Sentences with phrase «arrowheads embedded»

For prehistoric times, the main evidence is from forensic archaeology: the proportion of skeletons that had bashed - in skulls, or arrowheads embedded in bones, together with archaeological evidence such as fortifications.

In Bronze Age Europe, even the historical accounts of war were lacking, and all investigators had to go on were weapons in ceremonial burials and a handful of mass graves with unmistakable evidence of violence, such as decapitated bodies or arrowheads embedded in bones.

In March, Italian pathologist Eduard Egarter - Vigl, who had earlier identified an arrowhead embedded in the ice man's shoulder, said he had found a deep, sharp, blood - tinged wound in the mummy's right hand.

Not exact matches

A few of the victims were bound before death, and some have arrowheads of stone and obsidian embedded in their bones.

These included rudimentary points made of sharpened bone, antler or ivory; more intricate, flaked stone tips popularly familiar as «arrowheads»; and a composite point made of bone or antler with razor blade - like stone microblades embedded around the edges.