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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 1997 |
| Feature Type: burial |
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| Location: Within sub-floor infill, but against wall F 3, on east side at south end |
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| Grid X: 1040.65 Grid Y: 1191.6 |
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Articulated neonate inhumation in crouched position, on left side and head pointing west.
Discussion:
One of three infant burials interred in upper make-up/foundation infill for building 1 together and all apparently respecting the wall F 3. This wall was constructed contemporaneously with the foundation layer and the burials seem to have been placed in the deposit soon after its deposition and prior to the sub-floor packing (1434). All three showed variously unclear "cuts" and were only recognised when bone was exposed. Whether or not they were in cuts (all probably were in some kind of "scoop") or interred during the infilling is perhaps insignificant as the lapse of time between deposition of the layer and the burials was probably minimal. The position of these three burials maybe significant as all are placed by the threshold of the access between spaces 70 and 71, even though at the time of internment the house was actually not completed. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 3 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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