Victim of an armed conflict? A case study of an adolescent with multiple perimortem trauma from an early medieval cemetery in Northwestern Bohemia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11320/25:6AGC6KC7 RIV/49777513:23330/24:43974085

Result on the web

<a href="https://archeologickerozhledy.cz/index.php/ar/article/view/238" target="_blank" >https://archeologickerozhledy.cz/index.php/ar/article/view/238</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.35686/AR.2024.238" target="_blank" >10.35686/AR.2024.238</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Victim of an armed conflict? A case study of an adolescent with multiple perimortem trauma from an early medieval cemetery in Northwestern Bohemia

Original language description

During rescue excavations at a rural cemetery in Dolany (NW Bohemia) dating to the 11th–12th century, the skeleton of a young male featuring numerous wounds (n=10) of perimortem sharp force trauma was excavated. Nine of the injuries were localised to the postcranial skeleton and one to the skull. An analysis and interpretation of the wounds showed that at least eight blows were inflicted with a slashing weapon, which could have directly contributed to his death. The observed pattern is most consistent with injuries inflicted during armed conflict. Based on historical sources, it is known that there was no warfare in the immediate vicinity of Dolany during the period under review. Therefore, it has been suggested that the male may have been the victim of a fight or battle, and his body was transported and buried in the place where he probably came from. The discovery provides new information on the funerary practices of victims of early medieval armed conflicts in Bohemia.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archeologické rozhledy

ISSN

0323-1267

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

76

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

155–172

UT code for WoS article

001339992400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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