Execution by "Styrax" in ancient Thasos. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anagnostis P. Agelarakis.
• Authors: Agelarakis, Anagnostis P, 1956-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (52 pages)
• Subjects: 939.11; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Thasos Island; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Greece -- Thasos Island -- Antiquities; Capital punishment -- Greece -- Thasos Island -- Antiquities; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Antike; Funde; Knochen; Thasos Island (Greece) -- Antiquities; Thasos (Greece) -- Antiquities; Greece -- Antiquities; Greece; Greece -- Thasos; Greece -- Thasos Island; Thasos; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789692136
• Related ISBNs: 9781789692129
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.