TY - JOUR A1 - Flohr, S. A1 - Brinker, U. A1 - Schramm, A. A1 - Kierdorf, U. A1 - Staude, Andreas A1 - Piek, J. A1 - Jantzen, D. A1 - Hauenstein, K. A1 - Orschiedt, J. T1 - Flint arrowhead embedded in a human humerus from the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany - A high-resolution micro-CT study to distinguish antemortem from perimortem projectile trauma to bone N2 - The Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany, has yielded thousands of human and animal bones and a number of archaeological artifacts. Several of the human bones exhibit blunt and sharp force lesions, and the assemblage has been interpreted as representing victims of a large scale conflict. One of the earliest finds is a human humerus with an embedded flint arrowhead. Alleged signs of healing initially reported for this humerus based on clinical CT imaging were interpreted as evidence of an antemortem lesion. The present study, using micro-CT imaging, revealed that the arrowhead lesion in the humerus, contrary to the previous interpretation, shows no signs of healing. The structure previously assumed to represent a sclerotic margin around the wound canal was shown to actually represent compacted trabecular debris. Thus, our re-analysis of the specimen led to a re-classification of the arrow wound as a perimortem lesion. The findings of the present study demonstrate the value of micro-CT imaging as a non-destructive method for obtaining information on the nature of bone lesions and healing reactions critical for the reconstruction of interpersonal conflict scenarios in the past. KW - Arrow wound KW - Differential diagnosis KW - Prehistoric warfare KW - Antemortem and perimortem lesions KW - Trauma PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.02.004 SN - 1879-9817 VL - 9 SP - 76 EP - 81 PB - Elsevier Inc. AN - OPUS4-32881 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Brinker, U. A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Teßmann, B. A1 - Lübke, H. ED - Lewerentz, Annette T1 - Die menschlichen Skelettreste der zur anthropologischen Rudolf-Virchow-Sammlung gehörenden Kollektion des Fundplatzes Rinnukalnsim Norden Lettlands – Resultat eines Forschungsstreites des 19. Jahrhunderts im damaligen Livland N2 - In der anthropologischen Rudolf-Virchow-Sammlung der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte (BGAEU) befindet sich eine größere Anzahl menschlicher Schädel aus dem Gebiet des heutigen Lettlands, die Mehrzahl dabei von der im Norden Lettlands am Burtnieksee gelegenen Fundstelle Riņņukalns. Der nachfolgende Aufsatz beschreibt die Gründe, warum diese Stücke in den 1870er Jahren in die Sammlung gelangt sind, und präsentiert eine anthropologische Dokumentation und Analyse der Schädelfunde vom Riņņukalns aus der Sammlung. KW - Mikro-CT KW - Anthropologie KW - Schädelfunde PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-86757-994-0 SN - 0178-7896 VL - 39 SP - 35 EP - 54 PB - Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-48071 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brinker, U. A1 - Bērziņš, V. A1 - Ceriņa, A. A1 - Gerhards, G. A1 - Kalniņš, M. A1 - Schmölcke, U. A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Luebke, H. T1 - Two burials in a unique freshwater shell midden: insights into transformations of Stone Age hunter-fisher daily life in Latvia N2 - The Stone Age site Riņņukalns, Latvia, is the only well-stratified shell midden in the Eastern Baltic. In this paper, we present new interdisciplinary results concerning its dating, stratigraphy, features, and finds to shed light on the daily life of a fisher population prior to the introduction of domesticated animals. The undisturbed part of the midden consists of alternating layers of unburnt mussel shell, burnt mussel shell and fish bone, containing artefacts, some mammal and bird bones, and human burials. Two of them, an adult man and a baby, are discovered recently and date to the calibration plateau between 3350 and 3100 cal BC, and to the later 4th millennium, respectively. Stable isotopes suggest a diet based heavily on freshwater fish, and this is supported not only by ten thousands of identified fish remains, but also by a fish bone concentration nearby the skull of the man, which is interpreted as remain of a grave gift (possible fish soup). Of special interest are the baby’s stable isotope values. It shows that the mother’s diet was atypical (perhaps because she was non-local), and/or that dietary stress during pregnancy increased fractionation between the mother’s diet and her bloodstream KW - Baltic Stone Age KW - Palaeoanthropology PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01049-7 VL - 12 IS - 5 SP - Article number: 97 PB - Springer-Verlag GmbH CY - Germany AN - OPUS4-50653 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -