Dantooine: Platform

-4888 4350, elevation 48. A funerary platform atop of hill, the platform is reinforced by fences. A Humanoid skeleton is on the platform, resting on a mattress, a weapon rack with 3 lances is oriented toward its feet and a tanned skin is position toward its head. On both sides of the platform, on the top poles are bol heads.

Compared to the Humanoid skeletons observed in the "Two huts" site, funerary platforms may be for distinguished tribe members. The presence of gifts and / or personal belongings suggest the belief in an afterlife. The position of the body, high up on a platform prevents it from being desecrated or eaten by creatures other than birds.

To note, unlike other platforms, this one is not located near a body of water, suggesting a variety of rites and / or the coincidental location of the other platforms with a body of water.