Traumatic Lesions in Human Osteological Remains from the Daugava Area (Seventh to 17th Centuries AD)
Volume 8 (2007): Weapons, Weaponry and Man (In memoriam Vytautas Kazakevičius), pp. 360–367
Pub. online: 9 November 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
6 December 2006
6 December 2006
Revised
4 May 2007
4 May 2007
Published
9 November 2007
9 November 2007
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to report on the incidence of traumatic bone lesions among the population of the River Daugava area in Latvia. A total of 804 skeletons from four cemeteries were analysed. The data obtained indicates that the frequencies of cranial trauma in all the series are similar. Within each population there was a significant difference between males and females with regard to the frequency of traumas. Skeletal traumas of the inhabitants of the Daugava area are not connected exclusively with military conflict.