Template:Did you know nominations/Bad Dürrenberg burial
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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:50, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
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Bad Dürrenberg burial
- ... that the Bad Dürrenberg shaman may have been able to block blood vessels to her brain by holding her head at certain angles?
- Source: Orschiedt et al. (2023) "The Shaman and the Infant: The Mesolithic Double Burial from Bad Dürrenberg, Germany" p.128 "This vertebra also shows an anomaly, which is limited to the vertebral process in the form of a protruding bone clasp. This makes a blockage of one of the blood vessels leading to the brain plausible. This can be caused intentionally by adopting a certain head posture."
- ALT1: ... that the Bad Dürrenberg shaman may have been able to induce ataxia or nystagmus by holding her head at certain angles? Source: Porr & Alt (2006) "The burial of Bad Dürrenberg, Central Germany: osteopathology and osteoarchaeology of a Late Mesolithic shaman's grave" p.398 "Tyrrell & Benedix (2004: 58) mention ‘ataxia of the limbs’ as ‘the most common modern clinical presentation ofcraniovertebral anomalies’...The latter might have affected all forms of perception, resulting in nystagmus (involuntary rapid, jerky eye movement) or diplopy (seeing double)." Orschiedt et al. (2023) "The Shaman and the Infant: The Mesolithic Double Burial from Bad Dürrenberg, Germany" p.128 "This can be caused intentionally by adopting a certain head posture...However, it is conceivable that a nystagmus, i. e., an involuntary movement of the eyeballs, could be caused by the blockage of a blood vessel."
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