Unit 32723

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: primary inhumation in a basket of neonate 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: This is a primary burial of a young infant of 3 to 4 postnatal months, placed within a basket. The original position of the infant was sitting with the limbs flexed within the central area of the burial. Following deposition, the burial shifted and the body position of the infant changed. The head and torso moved backwards to a reclining position while the limbs remained in their original position. Several skeletal elements of the upper body (cervical vertebrae and clavicles) were recovered from the lower abdominal region. There is some evidence for intracranial haemorrhage, possibly associated with infection, although the fragmentary condition of the remainder of the skeleton limits further comment. 

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: fragile 

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32718 below: (Click to view the record) 32717 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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