2015
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2461
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Identifying and Interpreting Domestic Violence in Archaeological Human Remains: A Critical Review of the Evidence

Abstract: This research reviews and discusses the clinical and social science datasets used to identify victims of domestic violence (DV) in the archaeological record. Clinical sources are skewed by law enforcement and cost issues, dominated by Western female data and suggest that DV is a well-documented form of abuse. Social science sources and perspectives, having arisen from activist movements, are more spatiotemporally diverse in breadth and perspective, and challenge the notion that DV is universal and well-documen… Show more

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“…In this study, SFT, facial fractures, and BFT above the hat brim line were interpreted as caused by violence and discussed along with WRT, although other causes cannot be ruled out (Guyomarc'h et al, 2010; Krakowka, 2017). For example, nasal fractures are often caused by accidents, and whether to include them in studies of WRT has been the subject of discussion (Brickley & Smith, 2006; Redfern, 2017a, 2017b: 81). Postcranial fractures have also been recorded and, although they may be caused by violence (Brickley & Smith, 2006; Waldron, 2009; Milner et al, 2015), they are not discussed further here, as it is difficult to determine the cause of injury in individual cases.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this study, SFT, facial fractures, and BFT above the hat brim line were interpreted as caused by violence and discussed along with WRT, although other causes cannot be ruled out (Guyomarc'h et al, 2010; Krakowka, 2017). For example, nasal fractures are often caused by accidents, and whether to include them in studies of WRT has been the subject of discussion (Brickley & Smith, 2006; Redfern, 2017a, 2017b: 81). Postcranial fractures have also been recorded and, although they may be caused by violence (Brickley & Smith, 2006; Waldron, 2009; Milner et al, 2015), they are not discussed further here, as it is difficult to determine the cause of injury in individual cases.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In archaeology, as in cultural anthropology, researchers have typically examined violence and warfare from one of three general perspectives: biology (violence as innate or not), materialism (resource gain and maintenance), and sociopolitical conditions (social inequality, hierarchy, gender, identity, etc.). Assumptions of widespread violence have been tested through the detailed examination of injury on human skeletons, as in the work of Aryel Pacheco and Rodrigo Retamal (), R. C. Redfern (), and Debra Martin and Ryan Harrod (). Pacheco and Retamal conclude that there is an inherent connection between long‐term stability and cooperation as well as acts of violence in the south central Andes during the Late Intermediate period, A.D. 1000–1450.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…To examine the distribution of traumatic lesions across the skull to assess whether remains of the cranial vault (neurocranium) or the face (viscerocranium) were more likely to exhibit traumatic lesions. Although trauma distribution within a sample can provide insights into the circumstances of injury, such as violent encounters (Kremer, Racette, Dionne, & Sauvageau, 2008; Kremer & Sauvageau, 2009; Lessa & de Souza, 2006; Martin et al, 2015; Novak, 2006; Redfern, 2017a; Walker, 1989, 1997), little is known about the patterns of trauma in UP remains (Trinkaus, 2012). …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although trauma distribution within a sample can provide insights into the circumstances of injury, such as violent encounters (Kremer, Racette, Dionne, & Sauvageau, 2008;Kremer & Sauvageau, 2009;Lessa & de Souza, 2006;Martin et al, 2015;Novak, 2006;Redfern, 2017a;Walker, 1989Walker, , 1997, little is known about the patterns of trauma in UP remains (Trinkaus, 2012).…”
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confidence: 99%