The dead person was placed in a lying position, with the head on a rock and the legs stretched out. Based on the hard limestone sediments and rough tools that were buried with the dead, Chung said that the Phia Vai relic belongs to the Hoa Binh culture dating back to 12,000 years. In particular, around the remains, experts discovered traces of circle fires and huge rocks, which were probably used as chairs by the primitive men in community activities.
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The seashells almost certainly indicate secondary burial practices, as they could not be introduced when the corpse was freshly dead yet.
I see that they have another theory: "When flesh decomposed, the snails dropped to the eye sockets".
Not sure what to think.
It's reminiscent of ancient Mediterranean burial practices, not just the shells (also found in some PPNA refurbished skulls) but, if what they say on being like coins is correct, that practice was common in ancient Greece and also among the Roma of the Balkans even today.
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