Unit 4424

Category: skeleton    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 0.23m (N-S) by 0.17m (E-W) by 0.07m deep 

Discussion: The skeleton is badly preserved. The bones are very fragmentary - it is placed in a small basket with lid on. there are some red ochre near face and on the frontal bone. It is lying on its left side, N to S .It is facing south. All the bones have varies degrees of black staining, probably manganese. The skull seem to effected most. 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 925.29; Target A - Y: 971.02; Target B - X: 925.47; Target B - Y: 971.36; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: baby in a basket, tightly crouched 

Head: crushed on the body 

Right Arm: slope down to the pelvis and bends 90 degrees towards east 

Left Arm: slightly angled under the body and the hand on the L femur 

Right Leg: the both legs are crouched tightly, the knees are high up and the lower legs are lower down and close to each other 

Left Leg:  

Other comments: the position of the right shoulder and the arm seems like some pressure had been appled from that side therefore it pushed down 

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4429 below: (Click to view the record) 4428 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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