Wharram Percy mutilated dead

Juga disebut: Wharram Percy revenants

At the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy in Yorkshire, archaeologists identified human remains that had been beheaded, cut up and burned after death. The 2017 study by Historic England and the University of Southampton concluded that the likeliest explanation was fear of revenants. If so, it is physical evidence from England for the practices that chroniclers such as William of Newburgh describe. It shows ordinary villagers acting on the belief that corpses could rise.1 2

Lawan dia

Pertama tercatat

1100

Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017

Asal

Medieval English

Inggris Raya

Penyebabnya

Tidak pernah dijelaskan

Why these individuals were singled out is not known.

Titik lemah

decapitation
dismemberment
burning
breaking the long bones after death

Kapan pertama kali muncul?

Dunia kuno Abad Pertengahan 1500 sampai 1899 1900 sampai 1967 1968 sampai 1999 2000 sampai 2009 2010 sampai sekarang

1100

Bones dated to the 11th-14th centuries; analysed in a study published in 2017

catatan lapangan

Kata sumber

137 broken bones from at least ten people, including two women and three children, were found in pits away from the churchyard1 2

Knife marks cluster around the head and neck, not where a butcher would cut for meat1 2

Isotope analysis of the teeth showed the dead had grown up locally, ruling out strangers1 2

The researchers, Simon Mays and Alistair Pike, judged an attempt to stop corpses walking the best fit for the evidence1 2

Famine cannibalism remains an alternative that has not been excluded1 2

The bones were excavated in 1963 and lay unstudied for decades1 2

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