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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1097170" data-attributes="member: 2189">The Scythians of the Eurasian steppes in the 5th century BCE are believed to be the first at scalping.  The practice has been seen across the planet and in different cultures.  The North American indigenous tribes were not introduced to scalping by the Europeans as an archaeological find dating to the 14th century CE places the practice here well over 100 years before Columbus hit the beach.  Europe was known for the practice but seems to have entered that culture in the post Roman invasion period.  Scalping also became proof of a bounty system during the 19th century war with the plains indians.  So to was the bounty on buffalo hides as it's real intent was to kill off the major food source for the migratory plains tribes as a method of war.</blockquote>