“At first glance, childish and shot through, all four skulls show holes in different places. As Saints deshapes its valley and erodes its shore, it is either an ancient cemetery or a mass burial site,” – in his Facebook of the “Geologist’s Journeys” project the scientist says in the post.
For the portal lrytas.lt after contacting Mr. Šečkumi, he indicated that he does not want to reveal the exact location of the find due to the risk of black archaeologists, but the Department of Cultural Heritage, archaeologists and the police have been informed.
“We found a total of five skulls, four of which are children’s. Those finds were already moved, someone had already found them before us. But those finds are from the outcrop – when the river forms a valley, it erodes the bank, and that bank is now where the burial ground once was. And those four skulls, apparently – although I am not an anthropologist myself – they seem to be children’s, and with holes, – J. Šečkus told the portal. – I think people were shot – I assume that the find can be dated to the war or post-war period. Because four children shot in one place means that some kind of execution must have taken place. Well, the post-war partisans were active in those areas, and it is very likely that the stragglers took some form of repression there against the people living there who helped the forest brothers.”
He emphasized that this version is his own initial thoughts, and the rest will become clear when the research is done.
“I informed the archaeologists, they know all the necessary procedures, the Department of Cultural Heritage was informed first, I know that the police were called, which means that the police will inspect the place and make sure that it is not the scene of a modern crime,” said the interviewer.
For the portal lrytas.lt after contacting the Department of Cultural Heritage, the adviser of its Panevėžys-Utena territorial department, Arūnas Giraitis, indicated that the department is informed about the find, but now the pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the police, and the department does not have any additional information about the finds.
Portal lrytas.lt the interviewed archaeologist Gabriele Rimkutė indicated that in the case of such finds, the public is always asked to notify the police immediately, and not to publish photos on the Internet. It is also not recommended to spread information about the location of the find. “If there are obvious archaeological findings near the human bones, it would be good to pass the information on to the Department of Cultural Heritage. The experts will ensure that the case is properly investigated,” said G. Rimkutė.
2024-09-04 09:06:32