Why our Iron Age ancestors drove massive spikes through the heads of the dead

image: image: MAC-Ullastret a De Prado

In the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists excavating Iron Age communities were surprised to find multiple skulls with huge spikes driven through the forehead all the way through the lower back of the cranium. Found at the Puig Castellar and Ullatsret sites, the skulls were not located with the rest of th…