'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skull

'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skull

BERLIN — Archaeologists have finally determined which weapon caused mysterious square holes in the skulls of soldiers who died in the 1361 Battle of Visby. Close analysis of the bone fractures and cutting-edge motion-capture technology revealed that medieval combatants worked in groups to methodically incapacitate their opponents and then deliver a final, fatal blow with a spiked club."We have to understand the complexity of medieval combat; it'…