Unit 8890

Category: skeleton    dug in 2004

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: E-W 157 cm; N-S (pelvis part) 32 cm 

 

Discussion: Late Roman/Byzantine extended burial (E-W) heavily disturbed by animal activity - right arm almost completely destroyed by rodent hole (both hands missing). Left arm also missing post mortem. Lower limbs heavily damaged by rodent and root activity (feet missing post mortem). Proximity to modern surface has also led to this burial's poor condition.
Sex: male
Age: young adult?
No visible pathological lesions 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1058.29; Target A - Y: 1146.59; Target B - X: 1060.19; Target B - Y: 1146.51; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: dorsally extended W-E, head to W 

Head: facing forward, chin rested on neck 

Right Arm: extended alongside, hand missing post mortem 

Left Arm: missing post mortem 

Right Leg: extended, foot missing post mortem 

Left Leg: extended, foot missing post mortem 

Other comments: extensive root and rodent damage; an animal hole along the right arm has lead to its destruction 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8891 below: (Click to view the record) 8888 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 9 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1456 (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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