Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Pfeiffer, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, N J | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-15T07:48:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-15T07:48:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-23T10:50:58Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The location of a burial of three juvenile skeletons, discovered in 1980 and dated to about 2600 BP, was confirmed through guidance from the discoverers. The site was near the mouth of the Modder River, Malmesbury District, Western Cape, South Africa. Skeletal ages at death are approximately 1-1.5, 6-7 and 12-13 years, based on dental and skeletal development. All three crania show indications of trauma that occurred while the bone was fresh and before the skeletons were positioned for burial. The size and shape of the perforations and indentations are consistent with use of the same type of object to inflict all injuries. This object had an approximately circular diameter of no more than 15 mm and was tapered to a point at one end, like a digging stick. This instance is discussed in the context of other, previously reported, cases of probable violent death in the prehistoric Western Cape. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Pfeiffer, S., & Van der Merwe, N. J. (2004). Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa. <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21230 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Pfeiffer, S, and N J Van der Merwe "Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa." <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21230 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pfeiffer, S., & van der Merwe, N. J. (2004). Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River Mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 59-65. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0038-1969 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Pfeiffer, S AU - Van der Merwe, N J AB - The location of a burial of three juvenile skeletons, discovered in 1980 and dated to about 2600 BP, was confirmed through guidance from the discoverers. The site was near the mouth of the Modder River, Malmesbury District, Western Cape, South Africa. Skeletal ages at death are approximately 1-1.5, 6-7 and 12-13 years, based on dental and skeletal development. All three crania show indications of trauma that occurred while the bone was fresh and before the skeletons were positioned for burial. The size and shape of the perforations and indentations are consistent with use of the same type of object to inflict all injuries. This object had an approximately circular diameter of no more than 15 mm and was tapered to a point at one end, like a digging stick. This instance is discussed in the context of other, previously reported, cases of probable violent death in the prehistoric Western Cape. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Archaeological Bulletin LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 0038-1969 T1 - Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa TI - Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21230 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21230 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Pfeiffer S, Van der Merwe NJ. Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21230. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | The South African Archaeological Society | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Archaeological Bulletin | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab | |
| dc.subject.other | skeletal trauma | |
| dc.subject.other | forensic anthropology | |
| dc.subject.other | foraging | |
| dc.subject.other | bioarchaeology | |
| dc.title | Cranial injuries to Later Stone Age children from the Modder River mouth, Western Cape Province, South Africa | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |