The Porsmose Man: Neolithic skeleton from Denmark
Image 1: The bone arrowhead still sat in the skull, when the skeleton of a 35-40-year-old man man was found in 1946 in the peat bog Porsmose, near Næstved. Another arrow was also deeply embedded in the man’s breastbone. Both arrows must have been fired at an angle from above and from close distance. This suggests that the man was surprised by his attackers or perhaps was the victim of an execution. After this the body was thrown out into what was then a lake. The arrows are a type which belong to the Single Grave Culture period.
Image 2: The Porsmose man’s breastbone (sternum) was perforated by a bone arrow.
Image 3: The Porsmose skeleton was found in a bog north-east of Holme Olstrup near Næstved.
The skull is on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen