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TY - JOUR
T1 - The skulls of Chief Nonosabasut and his wife Demasduit - Beothuk of Newfoundland
AU - Black, S. M.
AU - Marshall, I. C. L.
AU - Kitchener, A. C.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In March 1819 a young woman was abducted by white settlers and her husband was killed. They were among the few remaining members of the Beothulk of Newfoundland. Eight years later their skulls were removed from their burial hut and transferred to the University of Edinburgh, This paper describes these two important skulls and details injuries and pathologies not previously recorded in detail. Chief Nonosabasut displayed evidence of extensive trauma to the region of his chin which is most likely to be evidence of previous, but well-healed, combat injuries. His wife, Demasduit, presented with an intriguing perimortern fracture to the left parietal bone which extended onto the base of the skull. This is discussed in the light of evidence available at the time of her death. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
AB - In March 1819 a young woman was abducted by white settlers and her husband was killed. They were among the few remaining members of the Beothulk of Newfoundland. Eight years later their skulls were removed from their burial hut and transferred to the University of Edinburgh, This paper describes these two important skulls and details injuries and pathologies not previously recorded in detail. Chief Nonosabasut displayed evidence of extensive trauma to the region of his chin which is most likely to be evidence of previous, but well-healed, combat injuries. His wife, Demasduit, presented with an intriguing perimortern fracture to the left parietal bone which extended onto the base of the skull. This is discussed in the light of evidence available at the time of her death. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
KW - skeletal trauma
KW - fracture
KW - skull
KW - mandible
KW - Beothuk
KW - TEMPORAL BONE-FRACTURES
KW - COMPLICATIONS
KW - TRAUMA
U2 - 10.1002/oa.1004
DO - 10.1002/oa.1004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 659
EP - 677
JO - International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
JF - International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
SN - 1047-482X
IS - 6
ER -