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| − | They would dig a hole underneath the fireplace to place the body in. Then they put a massive river stone on top of the body, some speculate so that the spirit could not come out and haunt the clan. After the river stone was placed on the body, they would surround the body with grave goods like their toolkit, food, and some of their possessions. Recently, an excavation team found a pair of Natufian bodies buried on Mount Caramel with traces of flowers around them, demonstrating that there was a certain amount of pomp and ceremony to the burial.[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130701-natufians-flowers-grave-funeral-science-ancient/]
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