This is one way to keep dead people dead.
A late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age grave has revealed ancient strategies to keep the dead from turning into “revenants” and disturbing the living.The burial included a large stone pinning down the legs of a deceased middle-aged man.Placing individuals in certain positions to help keep them in the grave was a custom dating back thousands of years. The grave makers of the Early Bronze Age had their own strategies for keeping the dead... well... dead.
” The state office believes that the tomb was laid during the time of the Bell Beaker culture, as it was found near other cultural discoveries. This culture was present near the end of the Neolithic period and start of the Early Bronze Age , and while there is little recorded about the Bell Beaker culture, the find could provide deeper insight into the superstitions of the people.
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