The Gallo-Roman cemetery in Pommerul revealed a composite skeleton built from Late Neolithic bones of multiple individuals, with a Roman cranium added much later.
Unlike most secondary burials in Europe, this composite skeleton is unique, composed of different individuals’ bones to resemble a single person, unlike any other known practice.
Initial excavations from the 1970s indicated a rare inhumation among cremation burials, and recent radiocarbon dating suggests the bones span over 600 years.
Osteological analysis determined the remains belonged to seven individuals, with DNA indicating at least five contributors to the composite skeleton.
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