Researchers think puppies may have been reared for sacrifice or plucked from the streets.
If you lived and died in northeastern China during the reign of the Shang Dynasty, there’s a chance you won’t be spending eternity alone. Rich or poor, you may well have been buried with a four-legged friend—or even a human sacrifice.
Probing archaeological literature and some 2,000 graves at a site called Xiaomintun in north-eastern China, researchers discovered roughly a third of graves contained not just human remains, but dead dogs. Most of these dogs, to the academics’ surprise, were juveniles. Their young age may have made them cheaper than older dogs. The older a pup, the more money has been spent on its care, Angela Perri, a postdoctoral researcher in archaeology at Durham University in the U.K., told Scientific American. Perri was not involved in the study.
It’s possible the dogs were a low-budget stand-in for people. Human sacrifice was practised at the time, with slaves and concubines often falling prey. King Wu Ding, who ruled some 3300 years ago, may have sacrificed up to 15,000 humans, Campbell, who is an archaeologist at New York University, told Scientific American.
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