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The Placement of the Feathers : Violence among Sub-Boreal Hunter-Gatherers from Gotland, Central Baltic Sea

Ahlström, Torbjörn LU orcid and Molnar, Petra (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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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
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English
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yes
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2399f074-909c-48fb-b069-1b688bc68150
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2019-03-16 17:32:54
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  author       = {{Ahlström, Torbjörn and Molnar, Petra}},
  booktitle    = {{Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones : Neolithic Violence in a European Perspective}},
  editor       = {{Schulting, Rick J and Fibiger, Linda}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-19-957306-6}},
  keywords     = {{interpersonal violence; human skeletons; Pitted War Culture; hunter-gatherers; cranial trauma}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  title        = {{The Placement of the Feathers : Violence among Sub-Boreal Hunter-Gatherers from Gotland, Central Baltic Sea}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199573066.003.0002}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199573066.003.0002}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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