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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 1999 |
| Feature Type: burial |
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| Location: in the northeast corner of space 86; on the platform (F.152/164) |
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| Grid X: 1054.79 Grid Y: 1188.96 |
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This feature is a round burial pit cut through the thick white floor layers (phase C) of the platform F. 162.
The burial was sealed with a thin layer of plaster which was of a different colour compared to the surrounding plaster of the platform (greyish, while the rest of the surface is yellowish).
The burial pit is bell-shaped. The fill consisted of grey ashy deposits and brown bricky clay mixed with pieces of plaster from the floor, charcoal, animal and human bones that don't belong to the individual in question (phalanges, carpal). The soil is relatively soft, but packed. Lumps of phytoliths were collected for analysis.
The skeleton is poorly preserved. It is an individual of the age of three. The skeleton was put in a basket, which is also in bad state of preservation. The basket is located at the ceiling of the burial pit. In the collapse of the platform floor the basket remains stayed attached to the "ceiling" and in one piece.
NOTES IN 2000:
Human bones were concentrated in eastern portion of the pit. The head was crushed and facing down. Orientation is SE-NW.
Patellae may be from same individual (right + left); other bones may represent a single adult individual. Animal bones and obsidian were found in eastern portion. A line of whitish material was noted in the eastern area of the pit, below the burial. It is probably a layer of thin plaster, rather than phytoliths or salts.
The human bones that were clustered in the eastern portion of the pit did not turn out to be a "burial". |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| adjacent to: (Click to view the record) 634 |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 162 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 8 (Click here to view unit list) |
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