Execution by "Styrax" in ancient Thasos /
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| Author / Creator: | Agelarakis, Anagnostis P., 1956- author. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Archaeopress Access Archaeology, 2019. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (52 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Archaeopress Archaeology Archaeopress archaeology. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13514369 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Archaeo-anthropological research in Thasos island; Aspects of the human condition decoded through analysis of the osteological record; Palaeopathological differential diagnosis: Not a sternal foramen; Identification and reproduction of the weapon type and component which was used to pierce through the corpus sterni; The anatomic consequences of the trauma impact by the thrusting of the styrax into the mediastinum, and assessment on the cause of death; Experimental archaeometry through Physics, testing for data relevant to a styrax thrusting into the thorax; Trauma interpretation and discussion of causes for the execution of the Thasian; Epilogue.