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    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2003 #98
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    An older woman with tooth decay, plaque, an infected tooth root, and tooth loss during life. Osteoarthritis in her right shoulder, elbow, hand and knee, both hips and left wrist. A well healed Colles fracture is present in her left radius in her forearm. In addition, there were three possible gall or kidney stones recovered from her pelvic area.

    Interpretation of the evidence

    An older woman. A Colles fracture is a type of fracture that is common in older women who fall on an outstretched hand. She may have had pain, swelling and deformity of the wrist. Tooth decay indicates sugar in her diet, and plaque suggests poor dental hygiene. As might be expected for an older person, she has joint problems (osteoarthritis).

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

    bān-hring as found, select for full photo

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

    The archaeologist's drawing of bān-hring

    Where bān-hring was found in the graveyard

    bān-hring

    Vertebrae, literally “bone-ring”.

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