They used forensic modelling to determine the shape and depth of facial muscles and soft tissues and state-of-the-art computer programming to build up life-like facial representations to bones which have been dated between the 14th and 17th centuries.
One skeleton, of a woman aged between 25 and 35 who died anywhere between 1360 and 1435, was found to be 4ft 11in, 1.5 inches shorter than the average height for a medieval woman.
She was found in a mass grave along with two other women and a child, but it is still unclear if this was related to the plague or some other infectious disease.
Story: Edinburgh News | Photo: Edinburgh News
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