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A mutilated human skull from Roman St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Simon Mays  and
James Steele
Simon Mays
Affiliation:
Ancient Monuments Laboratory, English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London W1X1AB, England
James Steele
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO9 5NH, England
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Abstract

A skull excavated from a 2nd-century AD pit in the Roman city of St Albans shows evidence for violent injury and displays cut-marks which seem to indicate deliberate defleshing. The find appears to be without close parallel in Roman Britain.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 267 , March 1996 , pp. 155 - 161
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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