Features at Lindisfarne

Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Lindisfarne

Basic Information

  • Supine burial, possibly had arthritis, rickets and enamel hypoplasia.

Contexts

  • Context: LDF_2243
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    • Skull in trench 2 east
    • Caroline Heffer
    • 17-9-2020
  • Context: LDF_2298
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    • Cut of burial SK2243
    • Azra Say Otun
    • 8-9-2021
  • Context: LDF_2299
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    • Fill of burial SK2243
    • Amirah Mannan
    • 8-9-2021

Narrative

    • The skull was exposed during cleaning of layer (2166) in 2020. The burial was lifted in 2021, during excavation it was identified that tight femur appeared bowed and the vertebra appeared to show signs of arthritis and enamel hypoplasia. In a row of skulls/burials that run N-S across the trench of which most have not been excavated F263, F264, F265, F266, F267, F268, F274, F276, F277, F276, F284, F278, F279, F280, F234, F275.
      • Indie Jago
    • 15-2-2022

Dating Narrative

  • No Interpretations

Matrix

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