Unit 16427

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: late burial 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: Late post-neolithic skeleton cut into the eastern portion of B77. Individual in typical late burial position with head to west and feet to east. Likely a late Roman or Byzantine skeleton, with face up head on base of skull. No grave goods were found with the skeleton. Remnants of the coffin wood plus some coffin nails were also found. The skeleton was missing several elements while other bones were displaced significantly (ex. The sacrum was found on the chest, right sacrum was not in anatomical position). The bones are in fragmentary condition. Animal disturbance plus a proximity to the surface account for the disturbance noted. 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1046.78; Target A - Y: 1183.31; Target B - X: 1047.65; Target B - Y: 1181.04; Target C - X: 1048.22; Target C - Y: 1181.45; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: dorsally extended, head to west, feet to east 

Head: on back of head, face up, head and mandible intact 

Right Arm: extended alongside body, hand and lower radius missing 

Left Arm: extended alongside body, hand extended, thumb at hip 

Right Leg: extended dorsally, fibula displaced medially, foot missing 

Left Leg: extended dorsally, foot extended 

Other comments:  

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16429 below: (Click to view the record) 16426 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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