Unit 31615

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: primary burial 

Data Category Information: none

Description: Tightly flexed burial of a young child lying on its left side. 

Discussion: Unit number allocatted in 2015, due to lack of time unit not excavated in 2015.

We excavated the complete body during the first days of 2016 season, the skull and part of the right ribs to the body was exposed, but the rest of the skeleton was just covered by a few centimiters of infill, so the excavation was quite fast. The bones, anyways was a bit damage and the presence of salt mostly in the legs and pelvis dificult a bit the digging process. Close to the right pelvis was visible apart for the salts, a bit of orange patterns or traces stuff that could maybe be organic material, so we decided to take an extra phytolith sample (sample 3). After all the documentation we remove the body, first the right part, beeing able tot see that the left arm was lying on the left leg, just extended not flexed like the right one. Anyways the bones was so fragile, so was very difficult to remove all of them complete, mostly was just broke, was also very difficult to remove the skull. (09/05/2016 -CB) 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 9304483; Target A - Y: 9654040; Target B - X: 9311427; Target B - Y: 9650090; Target C - X: 9309696; Target C - Y: 9655817; Target D - X: 9305873; Target D - Y: 9648414 

Body:  

Head:  

Right Arm:  

Left Arm:  

Right Leg:  

Left Leg:  

Other comments: The right shoulder and skull were exposed from 2015 ,so they are very damage. On the right pelvis and on the lower limb legs there was salt concentration. 

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31601 below: (Click to view the record) 31602 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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