Evidence for weapon-related traumas in medieval Japan: Observations of the human crania from Seiyokan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-140

  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

EID: 77955825210     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.091007     Document Type: Article

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