Unit 20434

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2012

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 0,67 m NW-SE, 0,30 NE-SW, 0,22 m deep. 

 

Discussion: The limbs are very tightly flexed and so it is possible that this individual was bound and/or partially defleshed upon burial. The angle could have been caused by the later burials compressing the grave too, but it is an interesting fact combined with the colour.
Still complete and perfectly articulated, though, which points binding + compression.
Sub-adult/adolescent. The limbs and the skull had a brown and black nuance, perhaps from some chemical reaction. Buried much lower (~0,10 m) than the other individuals in the Space 40 grave cluster and the only grave in Space 40 with this strange colour. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1056.03; Target A - Y: 1193.37; Target B - X: 1056.12; Target B - Y: 1192.95; Target C - X: 1056.24; Target C - Y: 1192.22; Target D - X: 1055.5; Target D - Y: 1192.37 

Body: Oriented NW-SE with head in NW. Flexed. Lying on its left side. 

Head: Facing east/down. 

Right Arm: Tightly flexed, hand towards chin. 

Left Arm: Tightly flexed, hand towards chin. 

Right Leg: Tightly flexed, hand towards chin. 

Left Leg: Tightly flexed, knee towards chest. Left leg a little offset toward N. 

Other comments: Well preserved, seems complete. Slighly disturbed by F3667 in the eastern part. Overlayered by F3666 in the west edge, and F3661 in the South, but not disturbed by those. Limbs are too tightly flexed to be natural. Could be due to later disturbance or the individual being partially defleshed before burial. 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20435 below: (Click to view the record) 19472, 20405, 20406, 20433 

 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 7 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 128

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 40

Features:: (Click to view the record) 3683 (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 2012 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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