Vindolanda site, summer 2010

BURIAL SITE: Roman Barrack block in the north west quadrant of the fort

DATE OF FIND SITE: AD 213-220

AGE: 8-11 years

HEIGHT: 4.5 ft. or 1.4 m

INJURIES: None

EVIDENCE OF ILL HEALTH: None

OTHER SCIENTIFIC DATA: Lead isotope analysis on teeth showed that this was a person living in the Mediterranean till the age of 7

What is unknown:

BOY OR GIRL: Unknown, but more likely to be a girl

RELATED FINDS: There were no related finds such as studs for shoes or brooches for fastening to clothing (cloth and leather do not survive in these conditions)

UNKNOWN: Who the person was or who killed them, but it was illegal to bury a body inside the settlement and without proper religious ceremony in Roman times and we can assume that it was not well-known that the body was buried there.

For more information about the human remains from the site please visit: https://www.vindolanda.com/blog/skeleton-tales-stories-from-the-dead