A Lifetime of Violence

Who was affected and how often — 61 individuals, Cemetery 117, Jebel Sahaba

Injured individuals by age group
Adultsn = 43
74.4%
32 / 43
Non-adultsn = 18
50.0%
9 / 18
All individualsn = 61
67.2%
41 / 61
Injured individuals by sex (adults)
Malesn = 20
75.0%
15 / 20
Femalesn = 19
73.7%
14 / 19
Indet. sexn = 4
75.0%
3 / 4
Healed injuries
onlysurvived the attack(s)
34%
14 individuals
Unhealed injuries
onlysingle terminal event
27%
11 individuals
Both healed
& unhealedsurvived one attack,
killed in another
39%
16 individuals
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
39%
of injured individuals survived at least one attack only to be killed in a later one
89%
of injured women had defensive fractures — the highest rate of any group
88%
of blunt force trauma to non-adults struck the skull directly
61%
of all injured individuals had at least one projectile impact mark
Source: Crevecoeur et al. (2021). Scientific Reports 11, 9991 — Table 1. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89386-y