Oxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molars

Summary

Archaeologists found evidence of a Bronze Age massacre and cannibalism in a Somerset pit.

At least 37 people, including children, were violently killed, dismembered, and likely eaten before being thrown into a 15-meter shaft.

The bones, discovered 50 years ago but recently re-examined, show signs of butchering and marrow extraction, with some bones chewed by human teeth.

Researchers suggest the massacre, dated between 2200BC and 2000BC, was a brutal act intended to terrorize the wider community.

This unprecedented find challenges assumptions about early Bronze Age Britain.