An unusual stapes from Medieval Maastricht

✍ Scribed by Tj. D. Bruintjes; R. G. A. M. Panhuysen; W. A. M. Van Maurik

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 64 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1047-482X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199711/12)7:6<641::aid-oa312>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

During archaeological excavations in the medieval Saint Servaas Church in Maastricht, a juvenile skeleton was unearthed bearing a highly unusual stapes. The stapes exhibits a double anterior crus, but is otherwise quite normally shaped. This anomaly has not been previously documented. It is thought to be the result of a disruption during the ossi®cation process of the embryological stapedial cartilage.