Riccall Mystery www.thinkinghistory.co.uk April 17 A Mystery Activity www.thinkinghistory.co.uk Ian Dawson © 2009 - www.thinkinghistory.co.uk

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Riccall Mystery April 17 Clue A What questions do you want to ask? www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Ian Dawson © 2009 - www.thinkinghistory.co.uk

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Riccall Mystery April 17 Clue A: More info Riccall Skeletons Skeletons discovered on bank of River Ouse, nr. Riccall, Yorks in 1956 46 skeletons and part-skeletons of which: 28 were identifiable as men 2 women, 5 children Other bones found in 1830s and 1880s 23 more skeletons were found in 1980s www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Ian Dawson © 2009 - www.thinkinghistory.co.uk

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Clue H Scientists can tell which region people grew up in. This is because traces of the water that children drink stay in their teeth for ever. They tested the teeth of 6 skeletons This showed that the people grew up in the dark blue areas on the map. www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Riccall Mystery April 17 Acknowledgements This activity is taken from: ‘What is history? Y7’ By Ian Dawson John Murray, Hodder Headline (2003) by permission of Hodder Education www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Ian Dawson © 2009 - www.thinkinghistory.co.uk

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009 Acknowledgements Thanks to Dr. Claire Smith and the students of Leeds Trinity PGCE course and to Hodder Education www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 2009