Legalized Trauma

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 114-118

  Waldron, Tony ^a  

^a Institute of Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beheading; Execution; Hanging; Hangman's fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040606868     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199601)6:1<114::AID-OA235>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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