Unit 8821

Category: skeleton    dug in 2003

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Skeleton 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: Probable Neolithic burial; yellow ocra was found around the rib cage. Some beads may be intrusive from F.1242. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1035.55; Target A - Y: 1146.02; Target B - X: 1036.86; Target B - Y: 1145.7; Target C - X: 1036.07; Target C - Y: 1144.96; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: Lying on left side 

Head: Lying on left side with hwead to the west end of the grave 

Right Arm: Close to the head; the radius and uln appear to project from the position of the chin 

Left Arm: Humerus next to rib cage, bent at elbow 

Right Leg: proximal femur present, slightly flexed 

Left Leg: Missing 

Other comments: Shgape of the sciatic notch indicates that the skeleton was of a female. Texture of the pubic symphasis and other bones suggets that she was fairly old when she died 

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8834 below: (Click to view the record) 8828 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds 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 

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Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1003

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1402 (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: Yes Count of records::none

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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