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MuseumsSite Name: Rotunda Museum
Country: England
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County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Scarborough
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Latitude: 54.279299N  Longitude: 0.399194W
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Rotunda Museum
Rotunda Museum submitted by kelpie : The Rotunda Museum in Scarborough (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in North Yorkshire. Archaeological finds from the important Mesolithic site at Star Carr and lots else. The remains of the Gristhorpe Man Bronze Age tree trunk burial are back on display after extensive reconstruction work.

Address: Vernon Road, YO11 2PW
Phone: 01723 374839
Opening Hours: Summer (1 Jun – 30 Sept): Tues-Sun 10am-5pm, Winter (1 Oct – 31 May : Weds, Sat & Sun 11am-4pm
Admission: £4.50
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Note: Scientists give Bronze Age Gristhorpe Man a face, see comment.
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Rotunda Museum submitted by Flickr : Teeth of Gristhorpe Man Image copyright: Ben Sutherland (Ben Sutherland), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rotunda Museum submitted by Flickr : The Bronze Age Gristhorpe Man The Gristhorpe Man Image copyright: ScarboroughMuseumsTrust (Scarborough Museums Trust), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rotunda Museum submitted by Flickr : Scarborough Gristhorpe Man Image copyright: RoyP2012 (Roy), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rotunda Museum submitted by kelpie : The skeleton of Gristhorpe Man now back on display in Scarborough Museum after research and reconstruction work at Bradford University. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rotunda Museum submitted by kelpie : The tree coffin in which resided Gristhorpe man found in a tumulus at Gristhorpe, 8 miles south of Scarborough. His reconstructed facial image can be seen reflected in the glass.

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Re: Gristhorpe Man slowly gives up his secrets by Sunny100 on Saturday, 07 June 2014
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Visited The Rotunda Museum, Scarborough, and asked if I could upload a few photos of the exhibits to Meg Portal. They said "No" you can only take photos for your self, you cannot put them onto a website. Don't know why we can't?
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Re: Gristhorpe Man slowly gives up his secrets by Andy B on Sunday, 08 August 2010
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More on Gristhorpe Man here
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15122
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Scientists give Bronze Age Gristhorpe Man a face and voice by Andy B on Sunday, 08 August 2010
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ACADEMICS in Yorkshire have given a voice and a face to a man who died more about 4,000 years ago.

Using state-of-the-art computer programme and forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of the Gristhorpe Man.

The skeleton of the Bronze Age man, thought to be a warrior chief, was discovered in Gristhorpe, near Filey, in 1834, and boiled in horse glue to preserve it.

It was displayed in the Scarborough Museum, now the Rotunda Museum, until 2006, when it was moved to the Division of Archaeological Sciences at Bradford University, where a series of tests and investigations were carried out on the remains.

Dr Alan Ogden used the results of the tests and his skills as a dentist and osteologist to build a facial reconstruction of the man, and modern software to animate the model and give him a voice.

“I hope that the visitor to the museum can visualise him as a living man, a senior figure in his society, used to being obeyed and probably even revered,” he said.

The facial reconstruction and the remains of the Gristhorpe Man are back on display from today at The Rotunda Museum, which is open from Tuesday to Sunday between 10am and 5pm.

More, with a photo in the York Press and some good comments from 'the public':
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8310552.Scientists_give_face_and_voice_to_Bronze_Age_man/
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Gristhorpe Man slowly gives up his secrets by coldrum on Thursday, 16 July 2009
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TOMORROW marks the 175th anniversary of the discovery of Scarborough's bronze age ancestor, Gristhorpe Man.
Now residing in the Rotunda Museum, Gristhorpe Man, the tallest prehistoric skeleton measured to date, was found by William Beswick and members of the Scarborough Philosophical Society on Thursday July 10 1834.

The museum is holding a special event next month to commemorate the finding of Gristhorpe Man, which is back in its original resting place following a move to the Department of Archaeological Sciences at Bradford University in 2005 for a series of scientific tests.

Found in a large oak coffin after workmen dug into a tumulus on a burial ground on Gristhorpe cliffs, the skeleton was found wrapped in a hide cloak. It is regarded as the best example of an oak tree trunk burial.

Blackened by a reaction between the iron in the water and the tannin in the bark of the coffin, the bones were placed in a laundry copper and simmered in a thin solution of glue made from horse bones before being air-dried for several days.

A monograph on the discovery was written by William Crawford Williamson, the son of John Williamson, the first keeper of the Rotunda Museum, and included exquisite drawings of the skull and grave goods, with details of the method of preservation and the coffin dimensions.

The coffin was displayed outside the museum until 1853, when it was moved inside after decaying.

Karen Snowden, head of collections for the Scarborough Museums Trust, said the discovery was made more remarkable by its condition. "His find was unusual for two reasons.

''Firstly, most oak coffins tend to have no remains, with the bones dissolving, and secondly, all the little bones on his fingers and toes are still intact."

She said although he may not have been the bronze age warrior chief some perceived him to be, he was still a well-respected figure at the time of his death.

"When they found him they thought he was less than 500 years old. They couldn't conceive he was more than 3,000 years old.

"He was someone of importance and definitely over 45. Unfortunately, the test only goes up to that age, so we can't get a definite age. But he was a big man and well nourished, who led a reasonably easy life and there was no indication of suffering from his bones. He is the tallest prehistoric skeleton which has been measured known to date.

He might not be the tallest because there are many skeletons in museums, but he’s the tallest that has been measured and recorded.

“He also had a complete set of teeth, which was not uncommon, because there was no sugar.”

Buried in a big, lavish ceremony, the Gristhorpe Man had some very expensive goods with him in the coffin, including a dagger with a whale bone pommel and copper blade.

Karen said further investigations had now revealed more about his life, and tests had dispelled some theories about what he was buried with.

She said: “The horn ring they found with him now looks likely to be part of Gristhorpe Man himself as a piece of cartilage from his throat, and what was first thought to be mistletoe berries are now thought to be something more unwelcome for him, such as kidney stones, which would have been very uncomfortable.”

After being moved for seven years at the time of the Second World War, Gristhorpe Man was returned to the museum.

The story will soon hit the small screen in more ways than one.

Karen said: “Filmmakers will be here in late July and early August looking at the Gristhorpe Man and the work carried out in Bradford, and while there has been a digital reconstruction of his face, Dr Alan Ogden has produced a reconstruction that speaks in English but also in bronze age language.”

The Rotunda Museum is holding the drop-in event on Saturday August 1, from 11am to 4pm.

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