Death by gunshot
Biocultural implications of trauma at Mission San Luis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12371298 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clark Spencer Larsen (0000-0002-6905-8417, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Hong P Huynh (University of Michigan), Bonnie G Mcewan |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-50 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199601)6:1<42::aid-oa240>3.0.co;2-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2036055595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 12 |
Contrary to the popular myth known as the Black Legend, very little evidence of traumatic injury and death of Native Americans at the hands of Spaniards in the southeastern USA has been uncovered in the archaeological record. This paper reports on the circumstances of death of an individual from Mission San Luis de Talimali (AD 1656-1704), located in northern Florida. A determination of biological affinity of the victim is not possible based on currently available skeletal and contextual evidence. Presence of .44 calibre lead shot in the region of the lumbar vertebrae indicates that the individual probably died from a gunshot wound or complications that followed. To our knowledge, this is the only instance of death in this manner known from Spanish Florida. Bioarchaeological evidence indicates that death resulting from the use of firearms was apparently minimal in this region of colonial America, and other factors—including infectious disease, malnutrition, and forced relocation—were of far greater importance in explaining the precipitous decline and depopulation of native groups in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, at least in Spanish Florida
Archaeology · Bioarchaeology · Cause of death · Disease · Ethnology · Geography · Gunshot wound · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Paleopathology · Pathology · Poison control · Relocation · Sociology · Violent death · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies · Medicine · Demography · History
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |