Artefacts – Bamburgh Bones

These remains were found with artefacts.

Þēoh
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Þēoh
What this skeleton told us: Evidence A 5-7 year old child with both milk and adult teeth present. Tooth decay is seen in the milk teeth […]
Norþan-hymbre
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Norþan-hymbre
What this skeleton told us: Evidence A 14 to 16 year old teenager/adolescent. His/her teeth had evidence of plaque and tooth decay on them. Interpretation of […]
Frēoliċ
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Frēoliċ
What this skeleton told us: Evidence An older man and 178 cm tall (5 feet 10 inches). Vertebrae of his spine are fused and the spine […]
oferbrædan
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oferbrædan
What this skeleton told us: Evidence An older man, but his age is uncertain due to poor skeletal preservation, and particularly the skull and upper spine. […]
ofbeatan
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ofbeatan
What this skeleton told us: Evidence Older man. There is evidence for plaque on some teeth and tooth decay, the worst of which has led to […]
Lyb-lāc
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Lyb-lāc
What this skeleton told us: Evidence A young man of around 20 to 30 years of age and 177 cm tall (6 feet). A benign slow-growing […]
Drihtnēum
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Drihtnēum
What this skeleton told us: Evidence An older man. The skeleton is eroded and fragmentary but is about 80 % complete. Tooth decay and plaque is […]
umbor
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umbor
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 […]
bēo
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bēo
What this skeleton told us: Evidence An 11 to 12 year old child with a well preserved skeleton and both milk and adult teeth present. The […]