Violence at Talheim | |||||||
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The town of Talheim, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. | |||||||
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Belligerents (suggested)[2] | |||||||
Local forces | Extralocals | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown but more | Unknown, but were outnumbered 4:1[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
All men killed All women enslaved[4] | Unknown | ||||||
34 killed |
The Talheim Death Pit (German: Massaker von Talheim), discovered in 1983, was a mass grave found in a Linear Pottery Culture settlement, also known as a Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture. It dates back to about 5000 BC. The pit takes its name from its site in Talheim, Germany. The pit contained the remains, 34 bodies, and evidence points towards the first signs of organized violence in Early Neolithic Europe.
But once the new method was used to separate the victims by geographic origin, it was clear that the local group was special - local because it was the only group with any young children, and special because it was the only group without adult women, despite being the largest group. The researchers conclude the absence of local females indicates that they were spared execution and captured instead which may have indeed been the primary motivation for the attack.
But once the new method was used to separate the victims by geographic origin, it was clear that the local group was special - local because it was the only group with any young children, and special because it was the only group without adult women, despite being the largest group. The researchers conclude the absence of local females indicates that they were spared execution and captured instead which may have indeed been the primary motivation for the attack.
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