Unit 17616

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2008

 

Area: TP 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Neolithic human skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 0.65 x 0.34 x 0.11 

 

Discussion: The skeleton form the burial rec as feature 6001. Placed in area of the Mellaarts excavations and partially destroyed by it.
Skeleton is disarticulated and as the moment of excavations it is difficult group bones of how many individuals it contains. The head is on left side. The right leg is placed south of the head and is a bent position. The right foot is present with a few tarsals, meanwhile the left foot is missing. The left leg was placed underneath the pelvis and it was also disarticulated. The pelvis and vertebrae were oriented EW and were placed upside down. They were in a bad condition: pelvis was partially destroyed by later cut. Ribs, claviculae and sternum were west of pelvis and partially above it. They were also disarticulated. Right humerus was broken and placed in the southern part of the burial. Skeleton was in a bad condition and it was even more damaged during the lifting. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 971; Target A - Y: 988; Target B - X: 971.5; Target B - Y: 988; Target C - X: 971.5; Target C - Y: 987.5; Target D - X: 971; Target D - Y: 987.5 

Body: disarticulated 

Head: facing east, on left side 

Right Arm: only humerus 

Left Arm: missing 

Right Leg: bent, disarticulated 

Left Leg: bent, disarticulated 

Other comments: left patellae, phalanges, basi-occipitali and left arm were not present. Part of tarsals bones were placed between femur and tibia of the right leg 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17620 below: (Click to view the record) 17619 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit 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: 4 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 420

Features:: (Click to view the record) 6001 (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 2008 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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