DIG:2003
#189

What this skeleton told us: Evidence
A 4-7 year old child with a poorly preserved skeleton. There is a partial and mixed set of teeth present with many teeth found loose in the grave.
Interpretation of the evidence
Child mortality was likely high in Anglo-Saxon Britain, as seen with this child’s death at a very early age.
Where Ġift was found in the graveyard
Ġift
Marriage portion, dowry.