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Wyrtwal-að
October 18, 2019
Wynsum
October 18, 2019

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    CODEWORD:

    Wine

    WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?

    DIG:2006 #382
    A skeleton in the bowl hole graveyard

    What this skeleton told us: Evidence

    A middle-aged or older woman, but no further evidence in her skeleton related to her life history was present.

    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 and did not die during pregnancy or childbirth. However, we should remember that humans are very good at adapting to challenging times! Obstetric death was likely common in Anglo-Saxon Britain, and many women died with the child, or shortly afterwards from childbed fever (postpartum infection).

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

    Wine as found, select for full photo

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

    The archaeologist's drawing of Wine

    Where Wine was found in the graveyard

    Wine

    Friend. If you were expecting “wine” then that’s wīn.

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