The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach

2010/11/01 by Christopher J. Knüsel, C. M Batt, Gordon Cook +7 · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

paper · doi:10.1179/174581710x12790370815931

openalex publication_date 2010/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval northern English geopolitics.

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• St Bees Man [wikipedia]

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