The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach
Knüsel, Christopher J.; Batt, Catherine M.; Cook, Gordon; et al.Montgomery, Janet; Müldner, Gundula; Ogden, Alan R.; Palmer, C; Stern, Ben; Todd, John; Wilson, Andrew
Date: 1 November 2010
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Medieval Archaeology
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Maney Publishing
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Abstract
Using an osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of
the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies
ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological
context of the burial and documented social history, provide ...
Using an osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of
the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies
ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological
context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification
of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval northern
English geopolitics.
Archaeology and History
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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