Unit 15748

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2007

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: burial 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: Neolithic child burial with evidence of cordage binding, skeleton in tightly flexed position in relatively poor condition given soil conditions and animal burrowing, teeth in good condition, burial wouls appear to have been palced within the SE of building 65 at and earlt stage of construction. 

 

Recognition: Colour 

Definition: Good 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 933.3; Target A - Y: 957.93; Target B - X: 933.87; Target B - Y: 957.85; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: body is tightly flexed and lying on left side 

Head: head is slightly fragmented positioned on left side and facing north 

Right Arm: right arm is disturbed by and animal burrow distal humerous is missing 

Left Arm: left arm mostly destroyed on portion of claviacl scapula and humerous remain 

Right Leg: right leg is flexed against body major long bones and some foot are present 

Left Leg: directly under right leg similar fragtmented nature as right leg 

Other comments:  

Surface Modifications: animal disturbance heavy crystalised salt deposits on bone 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 15747 below: (Click to view the record) 15746 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 65

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 297

Features:: (Click to view the record) 2621 (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 2007 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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