But more research is needed to be sure." The skulls at Puig Castellar were likely, the researchers found, war trophies, displayed on external city walls or the city gate to intimidate outsiders and ...

At Puig Castellar, the skulls were found exposed near the settlement’s walls, suggesting they were displayed prominently, ...

At Puig Castellar, the skulls (of a teenager and two adults under the age of 35) were found along the inner face of the wall that surrounded the settlement—suggesting that they were displayed as ...

‘That is why stone houses were sometimes built against the walls of city graveyards: to house skulls and the long bones in what is called an ossuary.’ Saint-Bavo is built on the site of the ...