[gothic-l] Ostrogothic Graves at Globasnitz/Kaernten

[faltin2001]

I have reported about the excavations of an Ostrogothic cemetary at
Globasnitz in Kaernten before. Here is another link to a recent
newspaper article.

http://druck.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/ARTIKEL?whichone=1225882

The article is in German, so here a short summary:

The recently excavated grave of a young Gothic warrior shows that he
had died from a head injury. Also, his skull had been artificially
deformed (elongated) during childhood. The Goths had adopted this
practice from Huns, Alans and Sarmatians. In the 170 graves, that are
excavated so far, 3 men and 1 woman have been found with artificial
skull deformation. The text states that this is not enough to
constitute a 'fashion'. Thus, other reasons like chamanism may have
let people to persue this practice.

The archaeologists also uncovered the oulines of Gothic leather
shoes, from a grave where the shoes have been placed next to the dead
body.

cheers,
Dirk



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