Unit 5177

Category: skeleton    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: skeleton 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 35cm e-w by 25cm n-s 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 924.86; Target A - Y: 970.46; Target B - X: 925.15; Target B - Y: 970.24; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: Lying east-west, head to west, slopes down to east ~20 degrees, back pushed up against north eges of basket 

Head: Skull badly curshed-especially face, lying on irght side, face probably pointing -se, jaw on left side sticking straight up, post-depositional disturbance head pushed up against n-w edge of basket 

Right Arm: Unclear-probably humerous under body, ulna and radius visible-just under head nw-se alignment, humerus prob. under upper part of body; hand -cluster of phalanges near ulna/ radius but obviously disturbed and incomplete 

Left Arm: Lies over left half of body, ribs and pelvis-bent-acute angle. Humerus sw-ne, ulna/radius n-s; hand not complete-disturbed lying near right femur 

Right Leg: Right femur under left femur, lef flexed ~45-50 degree, foot on top of left foot, position of foot-heal below toes-foot pointing upwards toes upwards. 

Left Leg: Left femur on top of right femur-leg flexed-fibula and tibia run parallel to right ones-very close together. Foot-aligned roughly n-s, toes to south, under right foot 

Other comments: Associated units: 5153 lower fill 5180 basket 5152 Upper fill 5178 cut 5179 basket lid Bone object located just under head. jaw and under distal end of right radius/ ulna whole body slopes down west to east upper part is covered in phytoliths from basket lid 5179. Sample of red ochre on skull taken as 5153, S3-see 99/ 815 plan 

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5180 below: (Click to view the record) 5179 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 11

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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