Archeologists who uncovered the first homosexual caveman have discovered the prehistoric village where he was 'the only gay' man.
The skeleton was originally discovered last year with a series of clues that led experts to believe the grave belonged to a gay man.
The skeleton of the late Stone Age man, unearthed during excavations in the Czech Republic, is said to date back to between 2900 and 2500 BC.
During that period, men were traditionally buried lying on their right side with the head pointing towards the west; women on their left side with the head facing east.
In this case, the man was on his left side with his head facing west. Another clue is that men tended to be interred with weapons, hammers and flint knives as well as several portions of food and drink to accompany them to the other side.
Women would be buried with necklaces made from teeth, pets, and copper earrings, as well as domestic jugs and an egg-shaped pot placed near the feet.
The ‘gay caveman’ was buried with household jugs, and no weapons.
Archaeologists do not think it was a mistake or coincidence given the importance attached to funerals during the period, known as the Corded Ware era because of the pottery it produced.
From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake,’ said lead researcher Kamila Remisova Vesinova.
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...And what looks like the original article from Praha.eu, the Portal of Prague:
Grave of so called third sex, a Man that was Buried as a Woman.
Archaeologist Kamila Remišová Věšínová: “The grave furnishings strikingly differed from either female or male graves. It is very unlikely that the community made mistake during burial especially because they paid strict attention to gender differentiation,” said archaeologist.
Archaeologists will try to crack this mysterious enigma especially as the shaman grave theory is very sketchy. “From the Mesolithic period onwards, Shaman’s graves have distinctly identifiable artefacts the like of which were absent in Terrronská Street. The explanation could well be that the grave belonged to a man with different sexual orientation– a homosexual or a transsexual,” said K. Remišová Věšínová. Further research in Terrronská Street could lead to different conclusions.
More photos and informationa at Praha.eu, the Portal of Prague.
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