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The Steeple Church: Dundee, Archaeological Evaluation |
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Addyman Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
During renovation works undertaken within the interior of The Steeple Church in Dundee, a significant quantity of human remains were truncated and recovered by the contractor prior to contacting the police. Located within a working Church, the project was exempt from the planning process through eccleciastical exemption. Scots Law protects against the mistreatment of human remains and Addyman Archaeology undertook an assessment/evaluation of the site in order to understand the extent of the site and the damage caused. The evaluation showed the excavations within the Trial Pit had truncated a minimum of one inhumation with a quantity of charnel from at least a further two individuals. Also revealed was a number of femus from a minimum of six individuals recovered by the Church during excavations in the Boiler Room. Of particular note amongst these was two femurs which showed the short, bowed bone-shafts and normal-sized bone ends typical of achondroplasia, the most common form of congenital dwarfism. |
Author: |
Ross Cameron
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Publisher: |
Addyman Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Dundee City Council Archaeology Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
Dundee Steeple Church |
Parish: |
DUNDEE |
County: |
Dundee |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Steeple Church Dundee |
Location - Auto Detected: |
The Steeple Church |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Dundee |
Grid Reference: 340136, 730121 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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HUMAN REMAINS
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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CHURCH
(Monument Type Scotland)
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OASIS Id: |
addymana1-113706 |
OBIB: |
AA 0465 |
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21 colour, A4 pages
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |