Skull with 'execution-style wounds' sheds light on colonial Indonesia - study

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Period31 Dec 2023

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  • TitleSkull with 'execution-style wounds' sheds light on colonial Indonesia - study
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletThe Jerusalem Post
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryIsrael
    Date31/12/23
    DescriptionA 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/AuthorThe Jerusalem Post Staff
    PersonsRizky Sugianto Putri

Keywords

  • cranium
  • forensic
  • sharp-force trauma
  • identification