AN ANGLO-SAXON DECAPITATION AND BURIAL AT STONEHENGE 



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Fig. 2. Newall's schematic section drawing of the grave pit (top) and the surrounding area as planned by the Office of 

 Works (redrawn from originals). Comments by Hawley suggest that not all excavated post holes were recorded (Pitts 

 2001, footnote 259). See Figure 1 for plan location. 



The stable isotope values are consistent with a very 

 largely terrestrial diet, with only a minor component 

 of marine protein (Chisholm et al. 1982; Mays 

 2000). The C:N ratios suggest that bone 



preservation was sufficiently good to have 

 confidence in the radiocarbon determinations 

 (Masters 1987;Tuross et al. 1988). 



