Winner takes all : reconstructing the decapitation of a warrior in Bronze Age China from osteological evidence

• Main Authors: Zhou, Yawei, Lin, Shuang, Qin, Rangping, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Zhang, Qun
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Decapitation; Peri-Mortem Cut Mark
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155194
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Decapitation is an ancient practice in Asia with inadequate research. The present study reports on the osteological examination of a headless skeleton excavated from a high-status tomb in Chu State style dating back to the late Warring States Period (ca. 3th century BC) in Lu’an, Anhui, China. The i...