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A Puzzling Body from the River Thames in London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Alex Bayliss ,
Peter Marshall  and
Jane Sidell
Alex Bayliss*
Affiliation:
English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London, W1S 2ET, United Kingdom.
Peter Marshall*
Affiliation:
English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London, W1S 2ET, United Kingdom.
Jane Sidell
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom. Email: j.sidell@ucl.ac.uk.
*
Corresponding author. Email: alex.bayliss@english-heritage.org.uk.
Email: peter.marshall@english-heritage.org.uk.
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Radiocarbon measurements on a partially articulated female human skeleton, recovered from the foreshore of the river Thames in London, raised interesting questions of interpretation when the body did not produce the anticipated Neolithic date. A relatively recent 14C age and a strong marine component to the individual's diet, identified by stable isotope measurements, means that the date of death is difficult to estimate accurately, although the body probably does not constitute a forensic case.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 46 , Issue 1: Proceedings of the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2), Conference Editors: Nancy Beavan Athfield, Rodger J Sparks , 2004 , pp. 285 - 291
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Copyright © 2004 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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