Unit 16556

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2008

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Skeleton 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 0.18m N-S x 0.10m E-W 

Discussion: This is a Neolithic infant skeleton found in the truncated wall of building 75. The infant was buried 50cm west of the oven in the Southern part of the building. A pit was excavated adjacent to the burial but it was not related to 16556. Most of the skeleton has eroded out of the section excavated by Mellaart over 40 years ago. This is a neonate. Phytoliths were sampled (s3) from the base of the skull and the ribs. The neonate may have been buried in a basket. 

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: Neolithic infant partial skeleton. Skeleton has been eroding from the western sidewall of the house which is an earlier section of Mellaart's. All that remains is the cranium which was oriented to the south, some ribs, a few vertebrae and the right tibia. 

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Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16557 below: (Click to view the record) 16585 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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