Unit 2115

Category: skeleton    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 78 cm W-E x 53 cm N-S 

 

Discussion: Crouched / flexed burial of adult lying in left side facing N, head to centre of room. It is completely articulated and undisturbed, although the spine of skeleton (1995) immediately overlay the skull, distorting the spine, which suggests (2115) must have been uncovered in antiquity. The distal end of the left femur is very high, lying on an earth ridge, which suggests that if this is indeed part of a double burial along infill 2119., each skeleton had a separate lower scoop in the cut within which it was placed. Organic / sooty deposits in the ribcage was very heavy & may be from lungs. Yellow ochre and pieces of grey pigments in the waist area and the fill are of interest 

 

Condition: hot, windy 

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: crouched 

Head: head to centre, facing N, on left side 

Right Arm: over ribs, elbow bet at 45 degrees, hand between R &L knees 

Left Arm: under ribs, elbow bent at 140 degrees, hand over R hand but repesence of a few finger / hand bones amongs leg bones suggests it had been placed on R knee 

Right Leg: knee bent up towards chin, 35 degrees between spine and femur & again towards uppeer & lower leg, fet pointing N, squashed against edge of cut. 

Left Leg: As R leg but 45 degree spine to femur & lower leg doubled back parallel. Feet mixed together, knee very high on ridge of earth, visible from much higher up stratigraphically 

Other comments: in crouched position on left side facing north, head to centre of room. 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2117 below: (Click to view the record) 2114 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8

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) 1

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 71

Features:: (Click to view the record) 200 (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

Ceramic Records: No

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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