Unit 4406
Category: skeleton dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: skeleton
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 0.4m n-s, 0.26m e-w
Discussion: Body of an infant 6 months - 1 year, crouched position lying on a reed mat impression; stone bracelets around each wrist, bone bell-shaped anklets around each ankle with a covering of red ochre (sampled). Lies within cut [4404]. Lifted by Kent and Charlie.
X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 921.32; Target A - Y: 968.7; Target B - X: 922.17; Target B - Y: 968.69; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0
Body: crouched, prone, e-w
Head: face down
Right Arm: flexed n-s. Phalanges are scattered.
Left Arm: straight e-w. Straight down on the legs.
Right Leg: bent, under left leg
Left Leg: bent, over right leg
Other comments: skull badly crushed in antiquity, infant - 6 months to 1 year, lifted and conserved. Articulated young baby. Found with two bracelets on both arms and two anklets on both legs.
Surface Modifications:
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII
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 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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