Abstract
Projectile injury caused by an arrow shot is a common skeletal marker of interpersonal violence in archaeological populations. The injuries of the spine were usually fatal. Only few reports on healing of the vertebra pierced by flint arrowpoint can be found in bioarchaeological literature. This paper presents an exceptional case of a healed trapped bronze arrowhead wound in the spine of a 7th–6th c. bc elite nomad from Central Kazakhstan. Computed radiography and tomography as well non-destructive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry provide detailed information about the context and mechanism of the injury.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 740-746 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- arrow wound
- arrowhead
- Central Kazakhstan
- Early Iron Age
- spine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
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