Unit 8857

Category: skeleton    dug in 2004

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: The burial was discovered within the midden in the W portion of sp. 226. No grave cut was evident. The fill layer (8855) was indistinguishable from the surrounding soil. It seems that the individual was buried directly in the midden. The skull was first discovered. The bones are quite fragmentary, probably due to the occurence of the burial close to the surface and to the organic materials in the midden in which it was placed. The vertebrae were missing (except for 1 or 2 cervicals, possibly the sacrum). Animal burrows were evident in the middle area of the thorax and in the area of the missing left leg. In addition, there is a strip of orangish brick at the bottom of the skeleton running NE-SW. The right femur is partially cut by this orange brick. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 0; Target A - Y: 0; Target B - X: 0; Target B - Y: 0; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: dorsally extended; vertebrae missing 

Head: upright with basicranium under rest of the skull 

Right Arm: extended with hand at right pelvis 

Left Arm: extended with hand across left pelvis,lying on pelvis 

Right Leg: missing lower leg from patella/tibia/fibula/foot 

Left Leg: missing entire left leg 

Other comments: body is highly fragmented. Most of the vertebrae are missing, probably due to disturbance of animals.There is an animal burrowin the area of the vertebral column. The body slopes with the head higher than the lower body. 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8856 below: (Click to view the record) 8855 

 

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: 15 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1451 (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 2004 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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