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Headhunting, Migration, and Ancient DNA in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Ian Armit

Tides of History

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The Origins of Head Hunting

Human trophy taking is a widespread practice, right? But you don't have to take the head if you're a warrior and you want to insult your enemy. So I'm fascinated by the kind of depth of meaning associated with those practices. It's something that is recurrent within human societies, which we've tended to kind of gloss over.

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