| | Area: North | | | | Dug in Year: 2013 | | Feature Type: burial | | Feature Subtype: | | | | Related Photo (Click to view larger version in new window) | | | | | Location: Cut in F3699, in W part of S17. | | | | Grid X: 1056.55 Grid Y: 1195.14 | | | This feature was recognized immediatly when a patch of floor (u.20986) was being removed. It was cut in to units 20993 and 20957 in F3699. These, especially u.20993 represent a remodelling pahase of that feature. Soon the skeleton was recognized, which was at ca 0,06 m depth. It appears that the burial was made when the inhabitants of the house was doing a remodelling of the space. The basin F.3699 was made smaller, and a new floor was planned. When they had made the feature smaller they cut the new addition for the burial before laying a floor patch over the reduced part. This is very clear stratigraphically.
The cut for the burial was relatively deep, but small in size, and the baby to be buried was actually placed leaning on the western slope, perhaps in a sitting resting position (see sketch). Unfortunately, some bones are missing due to animal furrowing. But the preservation of the remaining were quite good, and it seems to be a neonate-perinate individual. Could be stillborn? One grave object was X-finded, a small piece (the tip?) of an obsidian flake. Also in the top of the fill, an animal phalanx was observed.
This burial should be regarded as similar to the foundation burial concept, in that it was buried prior to the finishing of a big remodelling of the spatial organisation of activity in this space (Sp17). That means also, prior to a new phase of usage of esp. F3699. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | cuts: (Click to view the record) 3699 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Related Photos: 7 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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