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    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2002 #5
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    This was the disturbed burial of an adult of unknown sex. The fragments of skull show a possible infected tooth root on the left side of the jaw bone but this is uncertain due to erosion and damage. There is also a squatting facet on the right shin bone (tibia), identified by the presence of a small extension to the joint surface at the bottom of the bone.

    Interpretation of the evidence

    Even in this partially preserved skeleton, dental problems are still evident, which are common in the majority of the Bowl Hole skeletons. The squatting facets suggest squatting for long periods of time and this might have been related to specific activities she was involved in, such as in farming.

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

    umbor as found, select for full photo

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

    The archaeologist's drawing of umbor

    Where umbor was found in the graveyard

    umbor

    Infant.

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