A minimum of 17 bones show evidence for low-temperature burning, and 6 long-bones show perimortem breakage. Seventeen bones show a total of 76 perimortem sharp-force marks (mainly knife-marks) these marks are confined to the upper body parts. The assemblage comprises 137 bones representing the substantially incomplete remains of a minimum of ten individuals, ranging in age from 2‐4 yrs to > 50 yrs at death. The remains are subject to radiocarbon dating, strontium isotope analysis, and gross and microscopic osteological examination. The purpose of the study is to attempt to shed light on the human activity that might have produced the assemblage. The remains show evidence of perimortal breakage, burning and tool marks. This work is a study of an assemblage of disarticulated human skeletal remains from a pit on the Mediaeval village site of Wharram Percy, England.
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