Medieval History
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway?s best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived in Scandinavia 7,500 years ago.
?It is hoped that this reconstruction is a good likeness and that, if someone who knew him in life had been presented with this restoration, they would hopefully have recognised the face?, says Jenny Barber, an MSc student at the University of Dundee in Scotland. She has scientifically rebuilt the face of the strong and stocky Viste Boy, who lived in the Vistehola cave near Stavanger, so that people can now look him right in the eye.
Ms Barber is studying forensic art, an unusual discipline embracing such elements as human anatomy and identification in order to recreate the appearance of an actual person. This modelling method is primarily employed to assist police investigations, and is little known or used in Norway. But the country?s most extensive reconstruction of a Stone Age skeleton has now been achieved.
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Medieval History
Researchers recreate face of ancient human
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway?s best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived in Scandinavia 7,500 years ago.
?It is hoped that this reconstruction is a good likeness and that, if someone who knew him in life had been presented with this restoration, they would hopefully have recognised the face?, says Jenny Barber, an MSc student at the University of Dundee in Scotland. She has scientifically rebuilt the face of the strong and stocky Viste Boy, who lived in the Vistehola cave near Stavanger, so that people can now look him right in the eye.
Ms Barber is studying forensic art, an unusual discipline embracing such elements as human anatomy and identification in order to recreate the appearance of an actual person. This modelling method is primarily employed to assist police investigations, and is little known or used in Norway. But the country?s most extensive reconstruction of a Stone Age skeleton has now been achieved.
Click here to read this article from History of the Ancient World
- Archaeologists Uncover Early Christian Community In Norway
The cathedral in Stavanger was built in the year 1125, and is one of the earliest pieces of evidence for permanent settlement in the Norwegian town. However, new analyses of medieval skeletons found beneath the cathedral suggest that Christians lived...
- Face Of 14th-century Archbishop Of Canterbury Revealed
The face of Simon of Sudbury, the controversial former Archbishop of Canterbury, was revealed last week ? 630 years after he met his grizzly end during the Peasant?s Revolt of 1381. Using skeletal detail taken from his part-mummified skull, forensic artist...
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