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    Fierd-wīte

    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2003 #198
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    A 6 to 7 year old child with a well-preserved skeleton. Both milk and adult teeth were present. He or she had tooth decay and plaque as well as some evidence of thinning of the dental enamel (enamel defects, or hypoplasia). Some of the crowns of the adult teeth had an abnormal shape and there was some new bone around the erupting teeth.

    Interpretation of the evidence

    Child mortality was likely high in Anglo-Saxon Britain so that many did not survive into adulthood. This child, as well as already having tooth decay (linked to sugar in their diet), was experiencing problems during the formation and development of his teeth (enamel hypoplasia), possibly due to an infection or dietary deficiency. He or she may also have had toothache.

    A skeleton with codename Fierd-wīte as discovered in the bowl hole graveyard

    Fierd-wīte as found, select for full photo

    A drawing of skeleton with codename Fierd-wīte as discovered in the bowl hole graveyard

    The archaeologist's drawing of Fierd-wīte

    Where Fierd-wīte was found in the graveyard

    Fierd-wīte

    Penalty for avoiding military service. From Fierd, army and wīte, punishment.

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