The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach

Knusel, C.J.; Batt, C.M.; Cook, G.; Montgomery, J.; Muldner, G.; Ogden, A.R.; Palmer, C.; Stern, B.; Todd, J.; Wilson, A.S.

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 the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval northern English geopolitics.

Citation

Knusel, C., Batt, C., Cook, G., Montgomery, J., Muldner, G., Ogden, A., …Wilson, A. (2010). The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach. Medieval Archaeology, 54(1), 271-311. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581710x12790370815931

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Jul 13, 2011
• Journal: Medieval Archaeology
• Print ISSN: 0076-6097
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-817X
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 271-311
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/174581710x12790370815931
• Keywords: Auricular surface, Isotope evidence, Revised method, Skeletal age, Hyoid bone, Strontium, Fracture, England, Diet, Strangulation.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1507477