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Osteological evidence of corporal and capital punishment in later Anglo-Saxon England.
Buckberry, Jo
Buckberry, Jo
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Recent research by Andrew Reynolds has interrogated the archaeological record for evidence
of Anglo-Saxon execution cemeteries (Reynolds 2009). This paper will discuss how
osteological evidence can aid our interpretation of Anglo-Saxon capital punishment and give
insight into the type of evidence that might aid in the identification of corporal punishment
from skeletal populations. The importance of correctly interpreting skeletal trauma is
essential, but this can be supported by scrutinising the palaeodemographic profile of
execution populations, burial position, an understanding the decomposition process and the
significance of post-depositional disturbance of burials. It will lay down a framework for the
successful identification of corporal and capital p
unishments, with reference to Anglo-Saxon
documentary sources.
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Buckberry, J.L. (2014) Osteological evidence of corporal and capital punishment in later Anglo-Saxon England. In: Marafioti, N. and Gates, J. (eds) Capital and corporal punishment in Anglo-Saxon England. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, pp.131-148.
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