Individual: AY

Sex: ?

Age: 2-5 years according to epiphyseal union

Burial Type: unknown

Orientation of Burial:

Description: AY/AZ. The skulls of two infants were placed next to each other. They were standing on their base, facing east. AY: A moderately well preserved calvarium of a 2-5 years old child was found. The sagittal suture is fused; the skull is slightly elongated (scaphocephalic, craniosynostosis). An increase of porosity of the parietal and occipital bone can be observed (cribra cranii). With the help of SEM-images, produced at the university of Tuebingen, a skull piece and a rib fragment were scanned in order to look for sickle-cells. Possible examples of sickle cells were found. However, an in-depth study to further proof this theory would be necessary.

Images

Skull AY with Porotic Hyperostosis
Full Resolution

Scaphocephalic skull AY
Full Resolution

Sample for REM
Full Resolution

Unpublished SEM-images of possible sickle-cells detected in the marrow cavity of a rib of infant AY from Neolithic BHS18. A-C: possible examples of flat and elongated sickle cells. D: possible thicker and more oval shaped sickle-cell. E: possible target-cell-erythrocyte.
Full Resolution

Previous: Individual 36 (AX) Next: Individual 38 (AZ)