Racton Man!
Dude looks like he’s fixing to give that spine a smooch, doesn’t he?
The skeleton is Racton Man, buried 4,000 years ago near Racton in West Sussex. Another win for the detectorists, who turned up his dagger and the rivets from its handle first. He was holding it in both hands in front of his face.
One article I read said the dagger was the oldest bronze object ever found in Britain, so high status guy. He was six foot tall, heavily built and over 45. He died with unhealed cuts on his upper arm bones, so probably in a fight.
He also had spinal degeneration (probably age-related), a chronic sinus infection and tooth decay. I wonder what he used to treat those things.
He was found in the Eighties, but they’ve only fairly recently got grant money to do the isotope analysis, etc. You’d be amazed how much of this stuff is dug up and stored in a local councils warehouse and only years or decades later do they scrape up enough funding to do the fun a part.
Posted: November 2nd, 2021 under archaeology.
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Comment from Pupster
Time: November 2, 2021, 10:00 pm
a chronic sinus infection
Oh come on. They are just making it up.
He had acne on his back from the age of 12, a poorly drawn tattoo on his arm of a visigoth priestess with big boobs, was a chronic masturbator and liked long walks on the beach and apple cider.
Comment from M
Time: November 3, 2021, 5:45 am
Pupster a chronic sinus infection could have damaged the bone around it like abscess in the gums does. I can’t imagine living before sanitation and antibiotics. What misery.
Comment from Anonymous
Time: November 3, 2021, 3:59 pm
@Stoaty…Hmmmm…a Neolithic Netti pot?
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