The Placement of the Feathers : Violence among Sub-Boreal Hunter-Gatherers from Gotland, Central Baltic Sea
(2012)- Abstract
- This chapter presents the results of a study on the occurrence of cranial trauma in a sub-Neolithic maritime hunter-gatherer population on the island of Gotland, in the central Baltic Sea. The material derives from cemeteries of the Pitted Ware Culture, the last hunter-gatherers of southern Scandinavia. A total of 109 adult crania were analysed (fifty-seven males and fifty-two females). Evidence for trauma was found in 14% of the males and 7.7% of the females analysed. However, with the exception of one female cranium, all showed evidence of healing.
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- author
- Ahlström, Torbjörn LU and Molnar, Petra
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- interpersonal violence, human skeletons, Pitted War Culture, hunter-gatherers, cranial trauma
- host publication
- Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones : Neolithic Violence in a European Perspective - Neolithic Violence in a European Perspective
- editor
- Schulting, Rick J and Fibiger, Linda
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 978-0-19-957306-6
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199573066.003.0002
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 2399f074-909c-48fb-b069-1b688bc68150
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- 2019-03-16 17:32:54
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- 2023-04-27 12:26:37
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