Unit 8821
Category: skeleton dug in 2003
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Skeleton
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: Probable Neolithic burial; yellow ocra was found around the rib cage. Some beads may be intrusive from F.1242.
X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1035.55; Target A - Y: 1146.02; Target B - X: 1036.86; Target B - Y: 1145.7; Target C - X: 1036.07; Target C - Y: 1144.96; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0
Body: Lying on left side
Head: Lying on left side with hwead to the west end of the grave
Right Arm: Close to the head; the radius and uln appear to project from the position of the chin
Left Arm: Humerus next to rib cage, bent at elbow
Right Leg: proximal femur present, slightly flexed
Left Leg: Missing
Other comments: Shgape of the sciatic notch indicates that the skeleton was of a female. Texture of the pubic symphasis and other bones suggets that she was fairly old when she died
Surface Modifications:
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 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: Yes
Count of records::none 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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