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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1936.907.4. Institution name Colchester Collections Object name human bone, skull Description Human skull found in a Roman pit within the Butt Road apsidal building. The pit is referred to as Hull's Pit, after Rex Hull who discovered it during excavations in 1935. Although this building is often thought to be a church, the presence of such a pit containing human remains within it would suggest that, at least when it was first built, this was not the case, as Christianity ensure human remains are kept outside of church walls. The skull is believed to be that of an adult woman and is possibly associated with a femur found in the pit (COLEM:1936.907.3). However the use of cranial analysis to determine sex is not always accurate and this assessment was done in the 1930s. Production date 0300 - 0400 Production period Roman Material human bone Dimensions length: 180.00 mm width: 130.00 mm depth: 140.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1936.907.4.
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

human bone, skull
Description

Human skull found in a Roman pit within the Butt Road apsidal building. The pit is referred to as Hull's Pit, after Rex Hull who discovered it during excavations in 1935. Although this building is often thought to be a church, the presence of such a pit containing human remains within it would suggest that, at least when it was first built, this was not the case, as Christianity ensure human remains are kept outside of church walls. The skull is believed to be that of an adult woman and is possibly associated with a femur found in the pit (COLEM:1936.907.3). However the use of cranial analysis to determine sex is not always accurate and this assessment was done in the 1930s.
Production date

0300 - 0400
Production period

Roman
Material

human bone
Dimensions

Details