Bob Yirka is a research scientist at Phys.org.
A team of researchers from the University of Insubria and the University of Siena have used modern tools to reconstruct the events that led to the death of a young man approximately 700 hundred years ago. Three-dimensional X-ray scans, computed tomography and precision digital microscopy were used by the group to better understand the events that lead to the death of a young Medieval man.
A Medieval tomb that had been built in the 11th century was the site of the decapitated man's skeleton. The location of the tomb was thought to indicate that the skeleton was that of a member of the De Citillio family.
The young man's skeleton was found to be between 19 and 24 years old. He had a healed wound on his forehead and the muscles of his archer's body. Closer examination using X-ray technology, tomography and digital microscopy allowed the researchers to create a virtual skull, which in turn helped to reveal the likely timelines of his death
The researchers found that the young man had been hit on the front of his head with a sword as he faced his attackers. The victim may have used a shield to protect himself. He ran away after turning and turning.
He was hit on the head from behind, near his ear, and then on the back of the neck. The young man may have been knocked to the ground by the blows. There was a blow to the top of the head. It was suggested that the young man was no longer trying to protect himself from his attacker and that the attacker was going to kill him. It would have meant death in a second.
Chiara Tesi and her associates were wounded to death. A case of multiple perimortem cranial injuries from a medieval site in northern Italy was reconstructed in a multi-pronged way. There is an article in the Journal of Applied Semantics.
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