Investigating cranial trauma in the German Wartberg Culture

Linda Fibiger

doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199573066.001.0001

Investigating cranial trauma in the German Wartberg Culture

Linda Fibiger

School of History, Classics and Archaeology

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Abstract

This chapter presents the results of a study of the cranial remains of 186 individuals belonging to the Late Neolithic Wartberg Culture of central Germany. The remains came from three collective burials in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hessen, excavated between 1934 and 1993. A total of thirteen individuals (7%) presented with evidence for healed trauma whereas unhealed cranial injuries were noted on eight individuals (4.3%). Interpersonal violence appears to have been endemic and to have affected all sections of society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sticks, stones and broken bones
Subtitle of host publication	Neolithic violence in a European perspective
Editors	Rick J. Schulting, Linda Fibiger
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	147-152
ISBN (Print)	9780199573066
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199573066.001.0001
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

human skeleton
Late Neolithic
Wartberg Culture
cranial trauma
interpersonal violence

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