Information for record number MWA19103:
Anglo-Saxon inhumation, River Arrow and River Avon confluence, Worcestershire

Summary A mandible reported to police was subsequently sent for radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis. The mandible, probably from a female over 35 years, was suggested as having become displaced from a previously unidentified Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
What Is It?  
Type: Inhumation
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 50
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A mandible reported to police was subsequently sent for radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis. The mandible, probably from a female over 35 years, was suggested as having become displaced from a previously unidentified Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Please note: the reported location of the find was in Worcestershire, but its proximity to Warwickshire perhaps indicates from its origin in a cemetery on the Warwickshire side of the border.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Worcester Meadows, Worcestershire: Recovery of a human mandible by Warwickshire Police
Author/originator: Palmer, S
Date: 2013
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: West Midlands Archaeology Vol 57
Author/originator: CBA West Midlands
Date: 2015
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: No 57
   
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technique Radiocarbon Dating Another name for radiocarbon dating is C14 dating. It is used to find out how old some archaeological remains are. Archaeologists do this by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon left in samples of organic material (from the remains of plants or animals).

All organic materials contain radioactive and non-radioactive carbon in fixed amounts while they are part of living plants or animals. When the plant or animal dies the radioactive carbon starts to decay. By comparing the amount of radioactive carbon left in the organic material with the amount of stable carbon, archaeologists can find out how old it is.
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monument BORDER * A strip of ground forming a fringe to a garden. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back

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