Unit 4406

Category: skeleton    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 0.4m n-s, 0.26m e-w 

 

Discussion: Body of an infant 6 months - 1 year, crouched position lying on a reed mat impression; stone bracelets around each wrist, bone bell-shaped anklets around each ankle with a covering of red ochre (sampled). Lies within cut [4404]. Lifted by Kent and Charlie. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 921.32; Target A - Y: 968.7; Target B - X: 922.17; Target B - Y: 968.69; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: crouched, prone, e-w 

Head: face down 

Right Arm: flexed n-s. Phalanges are scattered. 

Left Arm: straight e-w. Straight down on the legs. 

Right Leg: bent, under left leg 

Left Leg: bent, over right leg 

Other comments: skull badly crushed in antiquity, infant - 6 months to 1 year, lifted and conserved. Articulated young baby. Found with two bracelets on both arms and two anklets on both legs. 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4404 below: (Click to view the record) 4407 

 

Dry sieve volume:

Total Deposit Volume:

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings: (Click to view the record)

6 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

163 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

464 (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
Ceramic Records: No
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
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Phytolith Sample: No
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