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Girl F 906

Project: Digging in Vlaardingen

Era: Late Middle Ages
Period: first half 11th century, High Middle Ages
adult
Age: 8
One of the excavated graves contained a small coffin made of alder wood, with the skeletal remains of a five to ten year old girl, enveloped in straw, inside.
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She died in the early 11th century and had suffered from tuberculosis and, as a result of that, meningitis. However, she did survive both, only to still die at an early age by causes now unknown.
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location:

2001/2002   Vlaardingen

exhibitions:

Visserij en Vlaardings Museum
Vlaardingen
Archeologiehuis Archeon
Alphen aan de Rijn

client:

Vlaardings Archeological Office- VLAK

Project: Digging in Vlaardingen

Era: Late Middle Ages
Period: first half 11th century, High Middle Ages
adult
Age: 8
One of the excavated graves contained a small coffin made of alder wood, with the skeletal remains of a five to ten year old girl, enveloped in straw, inside.
lees verder
She died in the early 11th century and had suffered from tuberculosis and, as a result of that, meningitis. However, she did survive both, only to still die at an early age by causes now unknown.

location:

2001/2002   Vlaardingen

exhibitions:

Visserij en Vlaardings Museum
Vlaardingen
Archeologiehuis Archeon
Alphen aan de Rijn

client:

Vlaardings Archeological Office- VLAK
Publications
video
printed matter
links
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