A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the ... more A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new date. In many ways the interpretation is much the same as before: a local big man buried looking out to sea. Modern analytical techniques can create a person more real, more human and more securely anchored in history. This research team shows how.
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, May 2016
The opportunity to assess human skeletal remains from Norton Priory, near Runcorn
(Cheshire), led... more The opportunity to assess human skeletal remains from Norton Priory, near Runcorn (Cheshire), led to the discovery of peri-mortem blade trauma on an adult male skeleton. The burial evidence suggests that this individual was a wealthy knight and lay benefactor of the priory in the thirteenth century and skeletal evidence has revealed that he was the victim of inter-personal violence. Additionally, many skeletal elements were affected by advanced Paget’s disease, which may have resulted in a certain level of vulnerability due to restricted movement of his arms as a result of Pagetic thickening of the bones. This is the only evidence found of weapon-related trauma on the Norton Priory skeletal assemblage, making it a rare case and contributing to our understanding of inter-personal violence associated with an ecclesiastical establishment in medieval Britain.
A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the ... more A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new date. In many ways the interpretation is much the same as before: a local big man buried looking out to sea. Modern analytical techniques can create a person more real, more human and more securely anchored in history. This research team shows how.
Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, May 2016
The opportunity to assess human skeletal remains from Norton Priory, near Runcorn
(Cheshire), led... more The opportunity to assess human skeletal remains from Norton Priory, near Runcorn (Cheshire), led to the discovery of peri-mortem blade trauma on an adult male skeleton. The burial evidence suggests that this individual was a wealthy knight and lay benefactor of the priory in the thirteenth century and skeletal evidence has revealed that he was the victim of inter-personal violence. Additionally, many skeletal elements were affected by advanced Paget’s disease, which may have resulted in a certain level of vulnerability due to restricted movement of his arms as a result of Pagetic thickening of the bones. This is the only evidence found of weapon-related trauma on the Norton Priory skeletal assemblage, making it a rare case and contributing to our understanding of inter-personal violence associated with an ecclesiastical establishment in medieval Britain.
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(Cheshire), led to the discovery of peri-mortem blade trauma on an adult male
skeleton. The burial evidence suggests that this individual was a wealthy knight
and lay benefactor of the priory in the thirteenth century and skeletal evidence has
revealed that he was the victim of inter-personal violence. Additionally, many skeletal
elements were affected by advanced Paget’s disease, which may have resulted in
a certain level of vulnerability due to restricted movement of his arms as a result
of Pagetic thickening of the bones. This is the only evidence found of weapon-related trauma on the Norton Priory skeletal assemblage, making it a rare case and
contributing to our understanding of inter-personal violence associated with an
ecclesiastical establishment in medieval Britain.
(Cheshire), led to the discovery of peri-mortem blade trauma on an adult male
skeleton. The burial evidence suggests that this individual was a wealthy knight
and lay benefactor of the priory in the thirteenth century and skeletal evidence has
revealed that he was the victim of inter-personal violence. Additionally, many skeletal
elements were affected by advanced Paget’s disease, which may have resulted in
a certain level of vulnerability due to restricted movement of his arms as a result
of Pagetic thickening of the bones. This is the only evidence found of weapon-related trauma on the Norton Priory skeletal assemblage, making it a rare case and
contributing to our understanding of inter-personal violence associated with an
ecclesiastical establishment in medieval Britain.