Charnel Post-ex the umpteenth

Charnel. The technical term for non-in situ bone.
I was a bit confused by some of the material in the upper layers.
Suddenly I was looking at bone with blade- and saw-marks.
When I saw this pelvic bone, it all clicked into place. There's the cut surface, but also several fine blade marks. On the inside surface of the bone.
The site was just a few metres away from the original "Chyrurgeon's Hall".
Mystery solved.


By the way, I've always liked the technical term for the fused pelvic bone, which after puberty is no longer the separate ilium, ischium and pubis.
It becomes the innominate. Very practical, those old anatomists.

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