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Can Bone Trauma Provide Palaeopathological Evidence of Care and Conflict in The Past
Can Bone Trauma Provide Palaeopathological Evidence of Care and Conflict in The Past
(Owens
2007;
Dettwyler,
1991).
Palaeopathological
and
Manchester
continue
by
saying
that
the
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evidence left can often only act as the basis of inference rather than
a direct conclusion of the injury (Roberts and Manchester, 2010: p.
85).
Discussion
A
commonly
cited
example
of
antemortem
trauma
in
the
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(Trinkaus
and
Zimmerman,
1982:
p.75)
suggests
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Owens
provides
an
almost
unequivocal
example
of
accidents
(ecological
reasons),
and
differences
in
the
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suffered fatal blows to the frontal and parietal bones from a metal
blade, which were not used by PCIs. I feel Owens has presented
almost indisputable evidence of interpersonal conflict in a past
population, helped by a large sample size and historical writings
from the time, which give us an insight into how Pre-Hispanic Canary
Islanders fought between themselves, and with Europeans when
contact was made (Owens, 2007).
One of literatures strongest examples of care giving in the past
based on palaopathological evidence comes from Tilley and
Oxenham. Man Bac Burial 9 (M9) was a male between 20 and 30
years old (p.36) who had lived without the use of his limbs for
around 10 years before death. Tilley and Oxenham describe his
pathologies as such:
extreme disuse atrophy of lower and upper limbs, full
ankylosis of all cervical and the first three thoracic
vertebrae,
permanent
torticollis,
and
bilateral
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because
of
the
help
of
others.
In
this
example
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Care
in
Middle
Pleistocene
Hominids.
Journal
of
in
Human
Skeletal
Remains.
Washington
D.C.:
disability
requiring
intensive
care
in
Neolithic
Asia.
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