Perimortem fracture manifestations and mortality after hip fracture in a documented skeletal series

OBJECTIVE: Unhealed hip fractures are underrepresented in the archaeological record, suggesting that better identification criteria are required. This paper evaluates whether a sample of documented perimortem hip fractures displayed classic perimortem features and which features may facilitate better identification of such fractures in the archaeological record. MATERIALS: Ten individuals from the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection …