I wonder if they could tell anything about where the nails were placed in the hands?
Hands weren’t necessarily nailed, as arms were also tied with rope. The nail thru the heel was most likely to prevent the victim from easing their suffering by lifting themselves up with their feet, to make breathing easier. The Romans were quite clever in means of suffering...........................
“They” say that Christ had the nails placed in his wrists, between the two arm bones and the hand bones, as the wrist would hold the weight better than the hands, but I think I read they also tied the arms too, or sometimes just tied the arms with no nails.
Nails were driven through the wrist. The tissue of the hand would rip.