First, the prominent of the two burials is well equipped. Whale-bone pommels on his copper daggers? The chief appears to have been buried with at least four cowhide blankets.
One grave faces this chief in a crouched position, but he is in a 'frog pose', supposedly sitting upright in lotus-like position (although the description is not very good).
The crouched man, "the shaman" (about sixty), faces the younger "chieftain"(about 40) and archaeologists suspect that the older man was ritually sacrificed for the younger.
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| "The Chief of Lechlade, Glo." |
A few news stories...
Independent UK
"Unearthed Ancient British Chieftain and probable shaman reveal secrets about old burial rituals"
Daily UK
"Did ancient Britons commit human sacrifice in Gloucestershire? Bronze Age chieftain is found alongside 'shaman' who may have been killed to accompany him into the afterlife"
LiveScience
"4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park"
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