24. grave goods

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Grave goods are items that were buried with a deceased human, and are usually given as aid in the afterlife. Examples of grave goods include medicine, jewelry, plants, clothing, pottery, tools, and decorative items. Early hominids, particularly Neanderthals and early H. sapiens, began to place such items (particularly tools and medicines) in graves with the deceased, possibly showing signs of belief in the afterlife.

A very fancy burial, with grave goods that include jewelry, bones of animals, and tools.

Sources: Origins Manual, page 36

http://www.academia.edu/375134/Middle_and_Early_Upper_Paleolithic_Burials_and_the_Use_of_Chronotypology_in_Contemporary_Paleolithic_Research

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