Unit 7907

Category: skeleton    dug in 2003

 

Area: North 

 

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  Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: burial 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 1.25 m x .4 m 

 

Discussion: Skeleton extended (E-W), head to west. See Unit Sheet 7906 for further discussion and details of grave goods. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1050.6; Target A - Y: 1170.8; Target B - X: 1050.4; Target B - Y: 1170.3; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: Vertebral bodies unfused but in good shape. A few of the vertebrae (thoracic, I think) are missing, as are at least some of the ribs. 

Head: Smooshed. Most of cranium missing. 

Right Arm: Extended. Slight bend at elbow, hands resting on hips. 

Left Arm: As above. 

Right Leg: Extended. Feet badly damaged/missing. 

Left Leg: Extended 

Other comments: Pelvis and sacrum unfused. Epiphyses of long bones also unfused. At least one molar (right mandible) visible still in the crypt. Rodent damage displaced several vertebrae and ribs, and possibly is responsible for cranial damage as well. 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7909 below: (Click to view the record) 7906 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

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 

Related Photos: 14 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1251 (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

Ceramics Data for 2003 still to be released

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 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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