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Frakturer i medeltida Lund. En studie av frakturtyper hos män och kvinnor från S:t Jakobs kyrkogård

Törnberg, Felicia LU (2017) HOSK04 20162
Historical Osteology
Abstract
During the year 1983 there was an archaeological excavation at the S:t Jakob cemetery in Lund. About 320 graves was found, but an osteological analysis was never made at the time. The skeletal material was dated to the time periods 1100-1200 and 1200-1560. By making an osteological analysis of 63 graves from the time period 1100-1200. The purpose of this paper is to get a clearer picture of the types of fractures among men and women. Ten individuals had fractures, 6 men and 4 women. It is hard to make a general conclusion if there is any difference of the types of fractures between men and women. The types of fractures appear by an accident and it depends on which angle the hard pressure hits the elements. The fractures have been connected... (More)
During the year 1983 there was an archaeological excavation at the S:t Jakob cemetery in Lund. About 320 graves was found, but an osteological analysis was never made at the time. The skeletal material was dated to the time periods 1100-1200 and 1200-1560. By making an osteological analysis of 63 graves from the time period 1100-1200. The purpose of this paper is to get a clearer picture of the types of fractures among men and women. Ten individuals had fractures, 6 men and 4 women. It is hard to make a general conclusion if there is any difference of the types of fractures between men and women. The types of fractures appear by an accident and it depends on which angle the hard pressure hits the elements. The fractures have been connected to a sudden accident, like an accident on the work placement. Some of the fractures have also been connected to violence. The heeling of the fractures during the medieval has also been studied. It is possible that there were doctors during the medieval period and that the people with fractures did seek help from the doctors. (Less)
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author
Törnberg, Felicia LU
supervisor
organization
course
HOSK04 20162
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Factures, Healing, Medieval, Lund, S:t Jakobs’s Cemetery
language
Swedish
id
8903547
date added to LUP
2017-05-10 16:15:18
date last changed
2017-05-10 16:15:18
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  abstract     = {{During the year 1983 there was an archaeological excavation at the S:t Jakob cemetery in Lund. About 320 graves was found, but an osteological analysis was never made at the time. The skeletal material was dated to the time periods 1100-1200 and 1200-1560. By making an osteological analysis of 63 graves from the time period 1100-1200. The purpose of this paper is to get a clearer picture of the types of fractures among men and women. Ten individuals had fractures, 6 men and 4 women. It is hard to make a general conclusion if there is any difference of the types of fractures between men and women. The types of fractures appear by an accident and it depends on which angle the hard pressure hits the elements. The fractures have been connected to a sudden accident, like an accident on the work placement. Some of the fractures have also been connected to violence. The heeling of the fractures during the medieval has also been studied. It is possible that there were doctors during the medieval period and that the people with fractures did seek help from the doctors.}},
  author       = {{Törnberg, Felicia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Frakturer i medeltida Lund. En studie av frakturtyper hos män och kvinnor från S:t Jakobs kyrkogård}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}