article_snippet: Experts think that the head was cut from the man
article_snippet: An examination of the teeth and skull revealed the man was between 26 and 45 years old when the man died.
article_snippet: It appears that the man was first hit hard on the neck, which was then severed with a small sharp knife, according to marks on the vertebrae, but experts can only guess why the man died such a violent death.
article_snippet: There has previously been a suggestion that the man was hanged, but experts have largely ruled out the man head being used as a trophy – which was a grim practice in Iron Age societies – because there are no signs of preservation or smoking.
highlights_snippet: Archaeologists believe the Iron Age man died a violent death .