Unit 4828

Category: skeleton    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: Neonate baby in a basket placed in midden below level 10. The skeleton is very fragmentary. The position could not be determined as a result of disturbance.
It might have been lying on right side but by looking at the left leg position it might have been lying on its back with the legs open. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 916.44; Target A - Y: 969.01; Target B - X: 916.21; Target B - Y: 968.9; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: Neonate in a basket 

Head: no observation 

Right Arm: no observation 

Left Arm: bent 90 degrees 

Right Leg: no observation 

Left Leg: tightly flexed on the side 

Other comments: The body was badly damaged therefore the position of the body is not clear. It might have been disturbed by rodents too. There was yellow deposit in the basket which is sampled for analysis 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4829 below: (Click to view the record) 4827 

 

Dry sieve volume:

Total Deposit Volume:

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings:

none 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

199 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

525 (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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