Unit 19557

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2013

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Primary disturbed 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: 2011: Juvenile skull in northern part of NE platform. Under/west of Skull 19554. Left in situ at end of field season. Fragments of the skull were lifted. The skull and possibly articulated skeleton were found in association with two skulls (19541 anf 19554) above it a number of disarticulated bones of at least 3 adults. The relationship of Skull 19557 to these distrubed individuals is unclear by the end of the field season 2011.

2013: Primary disturbed Neolithic juvenile burial in north west corner of platform F.6062. Cranium, mandible, cervical verts and 2-3 thoracius, right humerus and right ribs are the only bones left in situ. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1045.42; Target A - Y: 1184.2; Target B - X: 1045.52; Target B - Y: 1183.19; Target C - X: 1046.65; Target C - Y: 1184.31; Target D - X: 1046.42; Target D - Y: 1183.16 

Body: Unclear: Probably flexed, lying on its right side. 

Head: 2011: Neolithic skull in NE platform. Top of skull exposed. Left in situ at end of 2011 field season. Possible juvenile. 2013: Head oriented west, facing south. Rotation unclear. 

Right Arm:  

Left Arm:  

Right Leg:  

Left Leg:  

Other comments: Upper limb rotated medially. Midline deviation abducted. The position is unclear. The rest of the body was not found in situ. 

Surface Modifications: Some white (salt? Plaster?) clinging to bones. Fine roots found in cranial vault. 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19542, 30540 below: (Click to view the record) 19540, 20688 

 

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 

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Buildings: (Click to view the record) 77

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 336

Features:: (Click to view the record) 7132 (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 2013 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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