Unit 5480

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2002

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: bone 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 0.20 m x 0.17m x 0.08 m 

Discussion: It was defined as a designed skull and executed by a leaf trowel under hot and sunny conditions. It was also given a separate number in case. It was associated with the rest of a skeleton. when exposed no other articulated bones were identified. It was thus realised that this was just a skull deposit within the midden. Further excavation of 5466 produced a few other probable human bones - none of them were articulated and all in isolation.
Because of the presence of a small number of potential other human bones within this horizon, it is possible that this midden contained the deflected and completely remains of a human
However the fact that this is the upper part of a skull may also imply that it is related to Skeleton 5477 who was missing his upper part of skull (not part of same skel BB 07/07/10 removed from association to (5479) etc to Space 395 SF 07/07/10) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5466 below: (Click to view the record) 5479 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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

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