The Eynsham Abbey Bones

The bones from 9 bodies that were dug up during the Dig by Oxford Archaeology (between 1989 and 1992) were examined by Dr Simon Underdown, a Biological Anthropologist from Oxford Brookes University.  These bones were stored in the Oxfordshire Museum Store in Standlake. 

 

 

 

Dr Simon Underdown examining a jaw.

 

 

 

 

Closer view of the jaw.

 

 

 

Bones in the Oxfordshire Museum storage.