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bān-hring
October 16, 2019
Bord
October 15, 2019

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    bān-cofa

    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2003 #95
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    An older woman, but a relatively poorly preserved skeleton. Osteoarthritis was present in both hip joints. Tooth root decay was seen on one left lower molar tooth.

    Interpretation of the evidence

    Her osteoarthritis suggests she was of some age when she died, which likely caused pain and stiffness in her hips. The root decay could have been uncomfortable and painful, and this decay could indicate sugar in her diet.

    A skeleton with codename bān-cofa as discovered in the bowl hole graveyard

    bān-cofa as found, select for full photo

    A drawing of skeleton with codename bān-cofa as discovered in the bowl hole graveyard

    The archaeologist's drawing of bān-cofa

    Where bān-cofa was found in the graveyard

    bān-cofa

    Bone box, body. Literally “bone cupboard/cave”.

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