Weapon-related traumas of human skeletons from Yuigahama Chusei Shudan Bochi, Japan

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-181

  Nagaoka, Tomohito ^a   Uzawa, Kazuhiro ^b   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human skeletons; Kamakura; Medieval period; Scanning electron microscope; Weapon related traumas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKULL BASE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEAPON; WOUND HEALING;

ARCHAEOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SKULL; WEAPONS;

EID: 69249216760     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-008-0008-8     Document Type: Article

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