Ubelaker D H, Adams B J
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
J Forensic Sci. 1995 May;40(3):509-12.
Skeletal remains discovered at a construction site in Georgia display classic "butterfly" fractures on several long bones. Although this fracture pattern is usually associated with perimortem trauma, in this case taphonomic indicators demonstrate that they can also occur on dry defleshed bone. Variations in bone color at the fracture sites indicate recent postmortem trauma. Analysis of the directions of force and points of impact indicates that the bones were most likely disarticulated when the trauma occurred.
在佐治亚州一个建筑工地发现的骨骼遗骸在几根长骨上显示出典型的“蝴蝶”骨折。虽然这种骨折模式通常与濒死期创伤有关，但在这种情况下，埋藏学指标表明它们也可能发生在干燥的去皮骨上。骨折部位骨骼颜色的变化表明存在近期死后创伤。对受力方向和撞击点的分析表明，这些骨头在创伤发生时很可能已经脱节。
