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Title Skull with 'execution-style wounds' sheds light on colonial Indonesia - study Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Jerusalem Post Media type Web Country/Territory Israel Date 31/12/23 Description A skull was analyzed with "execution-style" wounds from colonial Indonesia, suggesting that a woman was killed due to enslavement or suspected sorcery, a new study, published in mid-September in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, reported.
The skull was found on Biak Island in the Papua province of Indonesia in 1935 by scientists from Airlangga University in Indonesia.
Only the skull of the victim was available for analysis, but it revealed that the woman was between 26 and 42 years old when she was killed.Producer/Author The Jerusalem Post Staff Persons Rizky Sugianto Putri
Keywords
- cranium
- forensic
- sharp-force trauma
- identification