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Three Viking Age women with artificial skull modifications, Gotland

Viking AgeGotland, SE
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Three female skeletons with cone-shaped artificial cranial modifications from head-binding practices were discovered in Viking Age burials on the Swedish island of Gotland, dating to around 1000 AD.
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