Unit 10109

Category: skeleton    dug in 2004

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: neonatal 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: Bone of this neonatal skeleton was in very good condition. It was buried in a cut through floor 10106. The bones suggest that the body was buried in a bundle either tied or put in a basket. No phytoliths were observed in the fill but a sample was taken.
The skeleton is very young, perhapd slightly yppunger that 10112 which is another baby buried in the southern end of space 238 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 0; Target A - Y: 0; Target B - X: 0; Target B - Y: 0; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: Tightly crouched, lying onright side 

Head: Head to the south lying on its right side 

Right Arm: Humerus across body, radius and ulna missing. Hand bones were just below the skull suggesting that the right arm was bent at elbow 

Left Arm: Humerus missing, radius and ulna under left femur 

Right Leg: Right leg stretched upwards towards head 

Left Leg: Left leg bent at knee and at hip 

Other comments:  

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10110 below: (Click to view the record) 10108 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 9 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 45

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 238

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1430 (burial)

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

 

Lab Team Data

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2004 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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