Khalkeritis ve Tokul Şapel İskeletlerinin Travma Analizleri
Trauma Analysis of Khalkeritis and Tokul Chapel Skeletons

Summary/Abstract: Fact of trauma which is among the leading pathological disorders influencing skeleton from prehistorical times to today is affected from ecological environment, socio-economic life, political and social movements. In this study trauma on skeletons obtained from Khalkeritis (Giresun Island) and Tokul (Kütahya) chapel excavations dated back to Late Byzantion Period. Head trauma of 1 individual, body trauma belonging to 7 individuals totaling 8 individual’s (4.65 %) trauma was found at Khalkeritis church. Head trauma at 5 individual, body trauma at 6 individuals totaling 11 individual’s (22.44%) trauma was observed at Tokul Village Church community. None of the traumas caused death in both of the populations. Khalkeritis island population live on fishing and Tokul community on farming and traumas may be related with daily work. It is possible to mention that medications were conducted for traumas but treatments were insufficient.

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