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Osteoarthritis
Site: Jarrow monastic site, Tyne and Wear.
Period: Late Saxon to post-medieval.
Excavator: Prof. R.J. Cramp, Durham University.
Published: forthcoming.
Skeleton: male in old age.
Catalogue entry: Gross osteoarthritis affected the right hip joint. The femoral head is eburnated and there is granular pitting of the bone. Large osteophytes have formed around the edges of the joint.