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October 17, 2019
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October 17, 2019

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    CODEWORD:

    cræftiġ

    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2003 #131
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    A young woman ages around 25 to 35 years and 166 cm tall (5 feet 4 inches). There is plaque on some teeth, and thinning of the enamel (enamel defects, or hypoplasia) on the teeth.

    Interpretation of the evidence

    In Anglo-Saxon Britain, if a woman survived childhood, she could be expected to live into middle-age, provided she maintained good health. However, we should remember that humans are very good at adapting to challenging times! Her above average height for the period suggests she was well-nourished during childhood, but her enamel hypoplasia illustrates that in childhood she had a deficient diet or disease. There is no evidence of cause of death but both pregnancy and childbirth were not without risk in the Anglo-Saxon period.

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

    cræftiġ as found, select for full photo

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

    The archaeologist's drawing of cræftiġ

    Where cræftiġ was found in the graveyard

    cræftiġ

    Powerful, cunning learned from cræft “craft”. Related cræftigam; craftsman.

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