Unit 14438

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: N-S 0.35m, E-W 0.4m 

Discussion: Neolithic child's partial burial. Upper body was truncated during the interment of the later individual (14441). In situ elements included the unfused pelvic bones, and the right and left legs and feet. Additional elements were found scattered in the grave fill (14429) of the later skeleton (14441). These elements included the unfused sacrum, oternum, patella and fingers. The grave cut was clear in its northern and western edges but it had been truncated in its southern and eastern aspects. The child"s knees were very close to the surface of the floor associated with the cut, suggesting the grave was originally shallow. It is also possible given the position of the legs that the grave was narrow.

Targets:
A - X 1052.46, Y 1172.63, Z 1011.75
B - X 1052.68, Y 1172.71, Z 1011.70
C - X 1052.78, Y 1172.83, Z 1011.78 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1052.46; Target A - Y: 1172.63; Target B - X: 1052.68; Target B - Y: 1171.71; Target C - X: 1052.78; Target C - Y: 1172.83; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: probably on back, head may have been oriented to the south 

Head: missing 

Right Arm: missing 

Left Arm: missing 

Right Leg: loosely flexed at the knee, foot flexed against the northern edge of the cut 

Left Leg: loosely flexed at the knee, foot flexed with the distal phalanges at the edge of the burial cut at its N wall. 

Other comments:  

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:14481 = cutbelow:14480 = grave fill

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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