Unit 16723

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2008

 

Area: North 

 

Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: Skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 0.29m x 0.24m x 0.04m 

 

Discussion: Burial cut for Neolithic Neonate found in a side room (Space 92). Side room may or may not be related to B.52.

Grave cut was clear around the burial. A shell fragment was found beside the skeleton in the fill. Though whether it was directly associated with the skeleton was not clear.

Sk (16712) was located approx 1m to the South. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1043.75; Target A - Y: 1169.44; Target B - X: 1043.94; Target B - Y: 1169.58; Target C - X: 1044.15; Target C - Y: 1169.06; Target D - X: 1043.88; Target D - Y: 1169.04 

Body: In a crouched position in a side room. Laying on right side. Orientated N-S. 

Head: At the Northern end. Facing South. Crushed. 

Right Arm: Upper arm on East side of body. Lower arm extended with wrist under left leg. 

Left Arm: Missing. 

Right Leg: Probably bent, lower leg dislocated during excavtion. 

Left Leg: Bent. Foot twisted. 

Other comments: Most of upper body missing, parts of legs removed during initial cleaning. 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16724 below: (Click to view the record) 16722 

 

Dry sieve volume:

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: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window) 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

52 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

91, 92 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

4053 (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 2008 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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