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Author Agelarakis, Anagnostis P., 1956- author.

Title Execution by "Styrax" in ancient Thasos / Anagnostis P. Agelarakis.

Publication Info. Oxford : Archaeopress Access Archaeology, 2019.
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Description 1 online resource (52 pages).
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Series Archaeopress Archaeology
Archaeopress archaeology.
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.
Summary This essay presents a unique forensic / bioarchaeological investigation of the traumatised remains of an older male from Thasos, exploring the nature of the executing weapon reconstructed in bronze, the archaeometry on the trajectory and factors of speed and force at the deliverance of the deadly strike.
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Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Thasos Island.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Greece -- Thasos Island.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Greece -- Thasos Island -- Antiquities.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Antiquities.
Capital punishment -- Greece -- Thasos Island -- Antiquities.
Capital punishment.
Thasos Island (Greece) -- Antiquities.
Thasos (Greece) -- Antiquities.
Greece -- Antiquities.
Greece.
Greece -- Thasos.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
ISBN 178969213X
9781789692136 (electronic book)
9781789692129 print

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