Cranial trauma at the Southern border of Upper Egypt

  1. R. Guimarey-Duarte 1
  2. A. Rubio-Salvador 1
  3. I. Alemán-Aguilera 1
  4. M.C. Botella-López 1
  1. 1 Departrnent of Legal Medicine,Toxicology & Physical Anthropology School of Medicine, Granada
Journal:
Canarias Arqueológica: Arqueología-Bioantropología

Year of publication: 2021

Issue Title: Symposium in memoriam Arthur C. Aufderheide the scientist, the friend ( 1922-2013)

Issue: 22

Pages: 517-526

Type: Article

Abstract

Signs of trauma were studied in skulls from the hypogeous necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan, Egypt). This was the burial site chosen by the governors living in nearby Elephantine lsland, capital city of the southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt that had been on the border with southern Nubian peoples for millennia.These tombs were reuti lized over a long time period to bury members of their families and of the inner circle of the ruling class. Out of the 223 skulls examined, 49 showed evidence of traumas classified as subperiosteal contusions, healed fractures, and injuries indicating violent death. Only two cases show traumas that clearly correspond to episodes of war or other types of interpersonal violence