Survived spondyloptosis of the thoracic spine in the Early Middle Ages (Czech Republic)

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Authors	KALOVÁ Kateřina DROZDOVÁ Eva SMRČKA Václav
Year of publication	2013
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
web	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2012.12.001
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2012.12.001
Field	Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Keywords	spondyloptosis; paleopathology; Early Middle Ages; Slavs
Description	At a Slavic site Pohansko near Břeclav (9th-10th century), was found, in the grave number 403, almost complete skeleton of the male with the deformity of the spine probably cused by severe trauma (spondyloptosis).