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    bēo

    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2002 #65
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    An 11 to 12 year old child with a well preserved skeleton and both milk and adult teeth present. The thigh bones (femurs) show osteochondritis dissecans.

    Interpretation of the evidence

    Child mortality was likely high in Anglo-Britain. This child probably died from a communicable disease (infection). Osteochondritis dissecans today usually affects young boys/teenagers in sport (injury to the joint). The cartilage covering the joint (a ‘padding’ for the bones) and the underlying bone on the elbow joint has been affected. The blood supply to the joint is compromised and this leads to death of the bone and the cartilage that protects it. This condition could cause swelling and pain and restricted movement, and later in life this can lead to osteoarthritis.

    A skeleton with codename bēo as discovered in the bowl hole graveyard

    bēo as found, select for full photo

    A drawing of skeleton with codename bēo as discovered in the bowl hole graveyard

    The archaeologist's drawing of bēo

    Where bēo was found in the graveyard

    bēo

    Bee.

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