The House of Skulls

In the upland, there was a city wherein at the centre of the settlement stood a long lived structure that archaeologists call the house of skulls. Skull portraits appeared to be treasured heirlooms, carefully stored and repaired over generations. One such modelled head was found in an intimate situation, clutched to the chest of a female burial. Such details in art and priorities corresponded to political differences. There are plenty of other examples of political differentiation, both pre and post agriculture. Although even the davids are forced to admit that agriculture marks a change. Eventually, it saw the creation of pattens of life and ritual that remain doggedly with us millennia later.