Accession No

1953.183.5


Description

Two human cervical vertebrae.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Melbourn


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridge Archaeological Field Club [donor]; Wilson, David Mackenzie [excavator]; Erskine, R. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.183.5; MAA: Z 16170


Cultural Affliation


Material

Human Bone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Human bones.

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 3.
Collected by: Cambridge Archaeological Field Club.
The catalogue card reads: " D. Walker was unable to determine the material"
Event Date 1952
Author: maa


Context (References)
Wilson, David M. (1956). The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbournes, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 49. pp. 29-42
Event Date 1956
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton: '2 cervical vertebrae found, including the axis.'
Event Date 16/10/2000
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Two human cervical vertebrae.
Event Date 20/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:15966

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