He may have died there accidentally and been covered by natural sediment accumulation over time.

He may have been placed there for practical reasons, taking advantage of the cool cave environment for body preservation.

The archaeological evidence cannot definitively distinguish between these possibilities.

The presence of a more or less complete skeleton — rather than scattered or disturbed bones — suggests that the body was not significantly disturbed after deposition, whether the deposition was deliberate or natural.

The Neolithic Transformation: What Came After