human skeletal remains BM-1902-1220.541

Period:Unknown
Materials:human bone
Technique:

Dimensions:Length: 16.51 centimetres

Description:
Fragments of human skulls (2 individuals). Individual 1: Skull 70% complete (missing parts include mandible, left maxilla, left temporal, left zygomatic); 75-99% of sound cortical surface; overall preservation is fair; sex: probable male; age at death: 20-35 years (based on dental wear); small meningioma present on the inner surface of the left parietal (most likely to be a benign tumor); Individual 2: Fragment of mandible with some teeth present; sex: mandibular eminence suggests male; age at death: dental wear suggests young individual (20-35 years)
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Comments:Additional data available from the curator of physical anthropology.