weapons made of human bone article

[tomclark]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scien...ons-180976570/

[SGT.Digger]

Interesting about only being made from red deer only a couple human .

[tomf]

Two, in a sample of ten, is more than a 'needle in a haystack'. Little spooky.

[clovisoid]

Interesting, and not really surprising to me.

The Hopewell, Adena and some later Mississippian peoples in Ohio, Kentucky & Tennessee used quite a bit of human bone for relics. There is a whole class of "shell" gorget made from craniums, and lots of use of mandibles. The debate has always been if they were trophies from enemies, or relics from a loved one.