Unit 8797

Category: skeleton    dug in 2003

 

Area: North 

 

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Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: some of the long bones, such as the femur are partly missing, and seem to have been eaten by some kind of animal.

The orientation and extended position of the burial suggest a ' late' date for the burial. In addition a large number of corroded iron objects were found on the skeleton 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1062.5; Target A - Y: 1159.7; Target B - X: 1062.5; Target B - Y: 1158.8; Target C - X: 1061.4; Target C - Y: 1159.2; Target D - X: 1063.9; Target D - Y: 1159.2 

Body: west east orientation, extended on back 

Head: not clear 

Right Arm: extended along body, incomplete 

Left Arm: extended along body, incomplete 

Right Leg: extended, incomplete 

Left Leg: extended, incomplete 

Other comments: skeleton is in poor state of preservation. Some parts of the long bones are missing. Foot bones were disturbed during excavation, before recognition 

Surface Modifications: animal burrows, roots 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8799 below: (Click to view the record) 8798 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 7 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1240 (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

Ceramics Data for 2003 still to be released

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 Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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