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Cranial And Post Cranial Traumatic Injury Patterns In Van Castle Mound Medieval Population      
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cem ERKMAN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Okşan Başoğlu
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gülüşan Özgün Başıbüyük
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Pınar Gözlük Kırmızıoğlu
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayhan Yiğit
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yarenkür ALKAN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ferhat Kaya
Özet
The excavations conducted at Van Castle Mound, East Anatolia, between 1987 and 2010 uncovered a total of 328 human skeletons dating back to the Medieval period. Thirty trauma cases were identified within the collection, constituting 9.14% of the entire population. Typology and distribution of the trauma among different sexes indicated that depression fractures, oblique fractures, comminuted fractures, and head deformation were more frequently observed in male skeletons, while a post-fractural infection appeared only in a female skeleton. Trauma cases were more common on post-cranial bones. In addition, a trepanned cranial specimen belonging to a mature individual is identified in which grooving technique was performed. Most of the observed trauma cases were related to heavy labor, unsafe working conditions, and challenges of everyday agrarian life. Previous paleopathological studies from the Medieval Van Castle Mound also indicates an insufficient nutritation and high physical stress.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry (MAA)
Dergi ISSN 2241-8121
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler AHCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2016
Cilt No 16
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 61 / 74
Doi Numarası 10.5281/zenodo.47543
Makale Linki http://www.maajournal.com/