Legalized trauma

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12371262
AutoresTony Waldron (0000-0002-5245-8799, Institute of Archaeology, autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas114-118
Fecha de publicación1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199601)6:1<114::aid-oa235>3.0.co;2-j
OpenAlexW4247031419
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas7

In the past, criminals were executed by a variety of means, including beheading or hanging, and both these methods may leave signs on the skeleton. It is not difficult to recognize individuals who have been beheaded because one or other of the cervical vertebrae will show evidence of the fatal blow, and there may also be cut marks on the base of the skull or the back of the mandible. Death from hanging, however, often leaves no marks on the skeleton, especially when carried out with a running noose and no drop. With a drop, dislocation of the sutures at the base of the skull may be noted and the classic ‘hangman's fracture’, which is a fracture dislocation of the second cervical vertebra, may be present. When there is no evidence of trauma, death from hanging may have to be inferred in skeletons which are found with the hands tied or with other signs that are discussed here

Skeleton (computer programming · Skull · Vertebra · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Medicine · Restraint-Related Deaths · Anatomy · Surgery