Unit 23904

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: fetal skeleton in utero 

Data Category Information: none

Description: Targets for 3D model - TPC4.T51, TPC4.T52, TPC4.T53, TPC4.T86, TPC4.T113-117. 

Discussion: Individual Sk. 23904 is a full-term fetus (40 weeks gestation) that died in utero. The adult female (Sk. 23799) died while pregnant and was buried with the pregnancy intact. Further analysis undertaken by the human remains lab revealed that the adult female suffered from considerable skeletal pathology including vertebral fusion and osteoporosis. The fetus does not display any evidence of skeletal pathology. The fetus is most likely female. The position of the fetal head (engaged in the mother's pelvis) and the nuchal position of the right hand (behind the head, elbow at chin) strongly suggest that if the mother was in labour, the baby could not have been delivered without intervention (manipulation of the trapped upper limb). 

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:  

Head:  

Right Arm:  

Left Arm:  

Right Leg:  

Left Leg:  

Other comments: Good preservation condition 

Surface Modifications: none 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20796 below: (Click to view the record) 32848, 23902, 23900, 23901, 32835 

Skeleton Same As: 23799

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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