Unit 8885

Category: skeleton    dug in 2004

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: skeleton of a L. Roman burial 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: W-E 2.5 m x N-S 0.5 m 

 

Discussion: This individual is extended dorsally from W to E in the typical Late Roman/Byzantine style. The body is fully extended with the exception of the flexed left hand. The skeleton was well preserved; however, due to the wet soil and the dry conditions at exposure, many of the bones are fragmentary. This individual appears to be an old adult male, based upon the degenerative joint deseases, antemortem tooth loss, cranial structure closure and morphology of the pelvis.
Traces of reddish brown wood were uncovered beneath the cranium, scapulae and innominates. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1054.11; Target A - Y: 1147.15; Target B - X: 1056.68; Target B - Y: 1147.23; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: dorsally extended W-E 

Head: rested on basicranium; West of the body 

Right Arm: extended at side of body, hand extanded 

Left Arm: extended at side of body, hand flexed 

Right Leg: extended to E, foot poited and toes curled under 

Left Leg: extended to E, foot poited but somewhat disarticulated 

Other comments: Late Roman/Byzantine burial 

Surface Modifications: animal disturbance, bioturbation of roots and insects, wet soil, exposure to dry conditions 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8873 below: (Click to view the record) 8884 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 20 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1455 (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 2004 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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