Research
Striking on the skeleton of the first man: a notch at the back of the pelvis. Deborah Paalman is an archaeologist and curator at the Dordrechts Museum. She explains: “We wanted to know if this violence was caused by an arrowhead or a spear, and if there was anything left in the pelvis.” The CT scan revealed that in the left pelvic half, near the notch, there is another piece of pointed iron, 1.6 centimeters in length. It is up to the researchers to determine whether it is an arrowhead or a spearhead.
It is still unclear whether the man also died because of this, there is also a large cut on the back of the skull. Both wounds have not completely healed, which the archaeologists say indicates that the man probably died shortly after receiving the wounds. The 3D images that emerged from the scan clearly showed how deep the cut really was.