The Lagar Velho child's grave was dug into a little-used section of a rock shelter, where pine branches were burned inside the pit before the body was placed there.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by multiple independent sources including a peer-reviewed 2024 Science Advances paper, donsmaps.com archaeological resource, and ancient-origins.net; all confirm the pit, pine charcoal, and ritual burial details.
Sources
- Lagar Velho | Prehistoric, Megalithic, Dolmen | Britannica (britannica.com)
- https://donsmaps.com/lagar.html (donsmaps.com)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp5769 (science.org)
- https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/lapedo-child-00903 (ancient-origins.net)