Unit 2532

Category: skeleton    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 0.3 x 0.15 m 

 

Discussion: Fully articulated body of a child, almost lying on its back, with legs in the air but apart and fully doubled, knees away but feet together; arms along the side but slightly flexed. This is not a typical position and maybe the body was in a shroud / bag rather than laid carefully (gml 15.9)
Placed over head of adult and interred at the same time (2527)
NB Uncertain which set of bird bone is which 

 

Condition: warm & dry 

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: right side/back, crouched 

Head: pointing southeast, face up 

Right Arm: flexed, along side of body 

Left Arm: flexed, along side of body 

Right Leg: doubled, turned in 

Left Leg: doubled, turned in 

Other comments: articulated child skeleton, badly disturbed by animal burrow 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2527 below: (Click to view the record) 1985 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds 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) 1

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 71

Features:: (Click to view the record) 211 (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: Yes Count of records:: 2  Unit description: X1 was thought to be a very thin bone ring but is in fact unworked bird bone. X3 represents human bone phalanges (of a young individual) with what appear to be neck bones of a bird (ossified rings) right up against them in the deposit (all lifted as one clump).

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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