Croatian scientific society for the history of health culture
Abstract
Traumatic lesions are among the most important sources of data providing information associated to interpersonal violence within ancient populations. The investigation on weapon‑related traumas on human remains allows us to reconstruct the dynamic of the violent episodes. The purposes of this study are to describe the types of skull traumas discovered in several skeletons from medieval necropolis of the North West Lombardy (8th-16th) and to
examine their presence and distribution. The injuries observed in our osteoarchaeological collection were in the form of depressed and penetrated traumas. The injuries were revealed on the middle aged and older men, but also on women and subadult. Fractures of skulls were analysed with macroscopical and radiological observations. In particular, CT investigations were essential to understand the extent of the injury and to hypothesis the cause.Traumatske lezije su među najvažnijim izvorima podataka za pružanje informacija povezanih s međuljudskim nasiljem u drevnim zajednicama. Istraživanje trauma nastalih upotrebom oružja na ljudskim ostacima omogućavaju nam rekonstruirati dinamiku nasilnih epizoda.
Ciljevi ovog istraživanja su opisati vrste trauma lubanja otkrivenih na nekoliko kostura iz srednjovjekovne nekropole Sjeverozapadne Lombardije (8.–16. st.) i ispitati njihovu prisutnost i distribuciju. Ozljede uočene u našoj osteoarheološkoj zbirci su u obliku natučenih i ubodnih trauma. Ozljede su uočene na muškarcima srednje i starije dobi, ali i na ženama i djeci. Frakture lubanje analizirane su makroskopskim i radiološkim promatranjima. Konkretno, CT istraživanja su neophodna za razumijevanje opsega ozljede i hipoteze uzroka
