THE HUMAN REMAINS FROM GREAT CHESTERFORD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Author(s): T Waldron
A total of 31 cremations (2 male adults, 16 unsexable adults, 3 children and 10 individuals of unknown age) and bones representing a minimum of 167 inhumed individuals (35 adult males, 43 adult females, 6 unsexable adults, 78 children and 5 unborn foetuses) were located at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Great Chesterford. Analysis of the inhumations indicated that the majority of adults died before age 45 and men tended to live longer than women. The mean male stature was 1.66m; thecorresponding figure for women was 1.61m. The principaldiseases present were osteoarthritis, dental caries, ante-mortem tooth loss and dental abcesses. Other than two individuals showing ante-mortem tooth loss no pathologies were observed amongst the cremations.
- Report Number:
- 89/1988
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 65
- Keywords:
- Human Bone Human Remains
