Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old teen’s skeleton in Slovakia
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The skeleton linked to the oldest Indo-European culture. The Slovak-Polish archaeological team made an extraordinary find in Hatalov, eastern Slovakia (locality Ridziny): the very well-preserved skeletal remains of a young person aged 16–18. The remains are associated with the Pit Grave (Yamnaya / Pit Grave) culture dated to c. 3300–2600 BC. The mound originally had a diameter of c. 22 m with a surrounding channel; a burial pit in the centre contained the skeleton and charred wooden structure remains used to cover the grave. The excavation is part of research (since 2021) into steppe influences in the Carpathian region; analyses planned include molecular genetics, radiocarbon dating and strontium/oxygen/nitrogen isotope studies to assess mobility and diet.
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