Unit 23091

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: premature articulated fetus 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: Tightly flexed burial of a premature baby in a posthole. Probable remains of phytoliths present in soil surrounding the skeletal remains. Burial was disturbed by excavation and the position of limbs and cranium were unclear. Approximate age is 30 weeks gestation. This gestation age is too young to be viable at birth. No skeletal pathology is evident. 

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:  

Head:  

Right Arm:  

Left Arm:  

Right Leg:  

Left Leg:  

Other comments: good preservation condition 

Surface Modifications: none 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23093 below: (Click to view the record) 23092 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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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