Unit 11306
Category: skeleton dug in 2004
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: burial
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: BB - 04/08/04
Female skeleton tightly flexed position. A plastered skull was put between the arms, on the chest as a grave good. Due to the extensive animall disturbance and roots the bones are in really bad condition. Plastered skull is lifted with the surrounding bones as a block (parts of the arm bones, left side of the upper body).
A shell with a white bead and bone bead found near the R lower arm. There might be more under the skull. Hands, some verts, most of the skull chewed up and missing due to animal disturbance.
GSC:
Skeleton 11306 represents an interesting and important feature with regards to the construction of Building 42. A female adult very tightly flexed into an extremely tight cut [11307], well defined within midden deposit (11347). Preservation of human remains reasonably good, although extensive animal burrowing did disturb some areas, such as the skull. Eastern extent of cut lost to truncation by F1513 and severe animal damage. Northern edge also slightly distorted and not yet clear due to presence of clay marl (11300), as yet unexcavated. Represents strategraphic problem that needs to be dealt with in coming season. Some deposits of marl material did appear to overly this burial although it is thought that this is a likely representation of slumping of some kind and does not represent a deliberate or structured deposition.
Grave also contains the plastered and subsequently painted skull of an elderly adult, as yet gendered. Could be classified as a grave good and unit number (11330) given. Placed between the arms of the female, and facing into the chest so (11306) is clutching this important grave good. Once again animal burrowing has partially destroyed the skull. Signifies an important individual.
Neonate (10498) F1516 is likely to relate to this individual and potentially shares the grave cut (only 3cm of fill separate the two skeletons). Both are cut through midden material and both are likely to relate to a pre-construction phase of burial, and likely to have instigated the building of platform F1501.
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: Adult female skeleton in flexed position. Orientated west to east lying on its left side facing east.
Head:
Right Arm: On the body, bent at elbow, hand ia under the plastered skull.
Left Arm: Upper arm is not visible, bent at elbow. Lower arm is below the plastered skull, hand must have been on the right humerous but missing due to animal disturbance.
Right Leg: Tightly flexed at the knee, drawn to the chest.
Left Leg: Tightly flexed at the knee, drawn to the chest. Feet together.
Other comments:
Surface Modifications: Extensive animal modifications.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
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 2004 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 7 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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