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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 2005 |
| Feature Type: burial |
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| Location: Centre east of building 44 |
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| Grid X: 939.5 Grid Y: 960.4 |
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Crouched burial of adult, head truncated, buried under platform F. 1321 possibly early in sequence of burials if not the earliest burial.
From Human Remains Report 2005:
This was the headless body of a middle adult female. Resting on her right side, her legs were drawn to her chest and leaning to the right side. The arms were slightly bent at the elbow with the hands near the knees. The knees were loosely drawn to the chest and the ankles and feet were together. The head of (11959) has not yet been identified among the disarticulated skulls in the burial pit although further analysis on these bones will be done in future field seasons to more accurately assess this.
(11959) was the last articulated skeleton found in the burial pit. This woman likely represents the first individual buried at the base level of the eastern platform in Building 44. The location and nature of the articulated skeletons above (11959) suggest this individual did not disturb the other burials during its interment and therefore it was not the last individual to be put in the pit. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| below: (Click to view the record) 1321 |
| cut by: (Click to view the record) 1349, 2050 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 35 (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: 2 (Click here to view unit list) |
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