Unit 23746
Category: Skeleton dug in 2017
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: Primary child burial
Data Category Information: none
Description: Flexed primary burial of a Neolithic child in good condition on the NE platform of Sp.515.
Discussion: Primary Neolithic infant buried as part of double inhumation. Grave well preserved with some minor rodent disturbance. Body interred in tightly flexed position on its left side. Burial cut visible through white plaster layer (U.23718) of platform F.7173. Grave fill primarily sealed by thin layer of compact fill (U.23724). No evidence of strapping.
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Skeleton buried in the same grave cut U.23723 as an adult underneath U.23752. The infant has been placed on top of the adult.
X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 949.6659; Target A - Y: 955.7928; Target B - X: 950.3509; Target B - Y: 955.1369; Target C - X: 950.2509; Target C - Y: 953.371; Target D - X: 949.2789; Target D - Y: 954.1976
Body:
Head:
Right Arm:
Left Arm:
Right Leg:
Left Leg:
Other comments:
Surface Modifications: rodent disturbance next to the cranium and spine. Noticed high roots activity.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2017 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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