Domestic violence and possible ritual sacrifice in Iron Age and Viking Age Scandinavia: 12 individuals reveal brutality and inequality

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Individual 12. Detail of antemortem blunt-force trauma injuries. A Detail of lesions; B photogrammetry model of superior and anterolateral view; solid generated with Agisoft Metashape. Ill.: the BODY-POLITICS project (Image: School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)

Artist’s reconstruction of violent scenarios from the dataset (Individuals 1, 5, 8 and 11). Ill.: Vicki Herring, BODY-POLITICS perpetual license. Individual 8 – A, Individual 11 – B, Individual 5 – C, Individual 1 – D (Image: School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)