In this thesis the difference in fracture pattern between women and men are investigated. The material originates from 10 early Anglo-Saxon settlements situated in the United Kingdom (Alton, Butler...Show moreIn this thesis the difference in fracture pattern between women and men are investigated. The material originates from 10 early Anglo-Saxon settlements situated in the United Kingdom (Alton, Butler’s Field, Kingsworthy, Chichester, Great Chesterford, Castledyke South, Blacknall Field, Mill Hill, Norton and Buckland). This research relies on the analysis of the osteologist reports of these cemeteries. The early Anglo-Saxon period is a transitional phase from the Late Roman to the Anglo-Saxon period and dates from AD 450-650. We do not know much about the social and economic change that happend in this period. We see the abandonment of urban settlements from the Roman period to adaption of small rural settlements in the early Anglo-Saxon. This research is interesting because this research has not been done before and will hopefully give us new insights in the early Anglo-Saxon period. The results from this thesis show that there is a significant difference between fractures of men and women in the cranium, clavicle and fibula. However, as most of the fractures did not contain a proper description of the fractures, an explanation could not be given to the clavicular and fibular fractures. The cranium could be analysed. Eighty-four per cent of the cranial fractures could be appointed to interpersonal violence. These cranial fractures occurred significantly more often in males than in females.Show less
