Redcastle, Thetford, Norfolk

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131 black and white photographs of skulls excavated at Redcastle, Thetford, Norfolk. Photographs indexed and stamped by Ministry of Works.

1- 5. Inhumation 3. Description: Various views of cranium: Ante mortem tooth loss with small lytic lesions in the location of M3. Resorption of the alveolar and thickening of the right maxilla /margin of the nasal aperture. Overall classification: Infection 6-10.Inhumation 4A, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity. Type: Periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection non-specific. 11-15. Inhumation 4B, RCB. Description: Various views of skull. 16-20. Inhumation 4D, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss. Porosity and resorption of the alveolar and lytic lesion above R,M2 , possible absence of nasal conchae and resorption and remodelled margins of the nasal aperture (details not very clear on image). Type: ?Leprosy and periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection (specific / non-specific). 21-25. Inhumation 4E, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, calculus. Remodelling of the right margin of the nasal aperture, flattened nasal bones and alteration to shape of aperture. Type: possible healed trauma /leprosy. Overall classification: Infection /trauma 26-30. Inhumation 5. Description: Various views of skull: Extensive dental pathologies (fenestrations / dehiscence / abscess or granuloma / calculus and resorption of the alveolar) overall classification: Infection (non-specific), Miscellaneous (skeletal). Type: Periodontal disease, post-mortem damage. Overall classification: Miscellaneous (dental). 31-35. Inhumation 6, RCB. Description: Various views of skull. Bilateral porosity on parietals and possibly frontal bone (detail unclear). Calculus, resorption of the alveolar porosity on alveolar. Type: Porotic hyperostosis, periodontal disease / dental pathologies. Overall classification: Metabolic (deficiency) / infection (non-specific) / Miscellaneous (dental). 36-40. Inhumation 8, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Calculus, probable dental abscess, carious lesion and resorption of the alveolar and porosity. Type: Periodontal disease / dental pathologies. Overall classification: Infection 41-45. Inhumation 8A, RCB. Description: Various views of skull. Peri/post-mortem tooth loss. Synostosis of the atlas vertebra to the partes lateralis of the occipital. Type: Congenital fusion / dental pathologies. Overall classification: Developmental (hyperplastic), Miscellaneous (dental). 46-50.Inhumation 9, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity. Labelled 'decapitation'. possible SF trauma, probable post-mortem damage (not clear on image). Type: Periodontal disease / Sharp-force trauma, or post-mortem damage. Overall classification: Trauma (intentional) /Post-mortem damage, Infection (non-specific). 51-55. Inhumation 13, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, porosity and resorption of the alveolar and calculus. Type: Periodontal disease /dental pathologies. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific), Miscellaneous (dental). 56-59. Inhumation 17, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption and porosity of the alveolar and calculus. Type: Periodontal disease / lots of post-mortem damage. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific), Miscellaneous (dental). 60-65. Inhumation 18, RCB. Description: Various views of cranium: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity. Type: Periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific). 66-71. Inhumation 20. RCB. Description: Various views of skull: several dental pathologies (Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity, calculus and fenestration). Plus ossified nasal cartilage from the nasal bones. Type: Periodontal disease, ossification of cartilage. Overall classification: Infection non-specific / miscellaneous (skeletal). 72-75. Inhumation 24, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity. possible woven bone on left frontal bone (unclear on image). Type: Periodontal disease / infection. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific). 76-80. Inhumation 25, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: dental pathologies (peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity, calculus, fenestration and dental abscess). Type: Periodontal disease, dental abscess. Overall classification: Infection non-specific. 81-84: Inhumation 31, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Extensive ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption of the alveolar and porosity, fenestration and dental abscess. Type: Periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection non-specific, Miscellaneous (dental) 85-89: Inhumation 33, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption and porosity of the alveolar / maxilla. Type: Periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific). 90-91: Inhumation 35, RCB. Description: Lateral and superior view of cranium. 92. Inhumation 37, RCB. Description: Lateral (left) view of cranium with Pterion ossicle. Type: Non-metric trait. 93-97: Inhumation 39, RCB. Description: Various views of skull: Ante mortem and peri/post-mortem tooth loss, resorption and porosity of the alveolar, dehiscence and possible sharp force trauma to the zygomatic process (detail unclear). Type: Periodontal disease, SF Trauma, or post-mortem damage. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific), ?Trauma (Intentional)/post-mortem-damage. 98-102: Inhumation 41, RCB. Description: Skull: ante mortem and Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, calculus and resorption of the alveolar and porosity. flattening of the left nasal bone and ossified cartilage. Type: Periodontal disease, possible trauma to nasal bones. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific), trauma? 103-105. Inhumation 42, RCB. Description: Skull: ante mortem and Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, calculus and resorption of the alveolar and porosity. Type: Periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific). 106-108: Inhumation 43, RCB. Description: Skull. Porosity (palate, basilar portion, TMJ, partes lateralis, right zygomatic) and possible woven bone on parietal. Type: Possible scurvy. Overall classification: ?Metabolic (deficiency). ALSO SEE IMAGE 130 (Inhumation 43 LOWER LIMBS) 109-113. Inhumation 46, RCB. Description: Skull: Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, calculus and resorption of the alveolar with porosity. Fenestration and probable apical granuloma. Type: Periodontal disease, possible trauma to nasal bones, granuloma. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific), Miscellaneous (dental). 114-118: Inhumation 47, RCB. Description: Skull. Ante-mortem and Peri/post-mortem tooth loss, calculus and resorption of the alveolar and porosity. Post-mortem damage. Type: Periodontal disease. Overall classification: Infection (non-specific). 119-121: Inhumation 48, RCB. Description: Cranium with post-mortem damage and possible blunt force trauma. Overall classification: ?Trauma (intentional / accidental) 122-126: Inhumation 50, RCB. Description: Skull. Anterior maxillary tooth loss, destruction to the nasal spine, porosity on nasal conchae and slight rounding on the margins of the nasal aperture. Type: Leprosy? Overall classification: Infection (specific) / Miscellaneous (dental). 127. RCB. Description: Anterior view of skull. Dental pathologies. Overall classification: Miscellaneous (dental) 128. RCB. Description: Sacrum with four lumbar vertebrae, marginal osteophytes. Overall classification: Degenerative joint disease 130-131. IMAGE IN ALSO IN ANOTHER FILE. Inhumation 43, RCB. Description: Left tibia and fibula. Enlarged distal diaphysis /medial displacement. Type: Healed fracture. Overall classification: Trauma (Accidental)