adult skeleton in flexed position inserted in to central east platform of building 65. Head at east facing south.
The following describes the complications within this feature in extent. From Human Remains Archive Report, 2007:
Burial F.2604 was a single primary inhumation that had been disturbed. Further analysis of the bones showed that there were in fact the remains of two individuals, a female and a male, both of which were disturbed. Some parts of their bodies were taken away and the rest was arranged to look like one flexed body.
A complete right leg and foot, intact but disarticulated from its skeleton, was found in articulation with its hip bone. A complete left leg and foot from another individual, intact and but disarticulated from its skeleton, was also found. Finally, an articulated hand was found near the foot of Sk.14507.b2 which possibly belonged to this person. Few other parts of this individual were found in situ.
Sk.14507.b1, the adult male, was buried earlier than Sk.14507.b2, the adult female. The interment of the female disturbed the male. Only some parts of the body of 14507.b1 were found, including the skull, right arm, left lower arm, left leg, left hipbone, sacrum and some upper left ribs. The rest of the body was removed from this location.
An interesting aspect of the feature is that two bodies were assembled to look like one individual. A similar case where semi-articulated elements were deliberately placed into the grave in a simulated flexed position with a second individual was found in Building 60 from the 4040 Area (F.2225, Sk. (13133); see 2006 archive report). |
