| | Area: North | | | | Dug in Year: 2012 | | Feature Type: burial | | Feature Subtype: | | | | Related Photo (Click to view larger version in new window) | | | | | Location: most probably the burial was under an eroded platform in building 108, along its northern wall. | | | | Grid X: 1044.6 Grid Y: 1178.65 | | | Small burial, oval in shape in plan, with small child. Poorly preserved, and somewhat disturbed. Probably belonged to a building that is just barely preserved (B 108) and the platform that the burial was under, has eroded completely. It was probably a platform along the north wall or the building. The building has eroded early, as there are Byzantine burials nearby at the approximatly same level. A sherd of pottery in the top of the fill and a small rectangular disturbance with same fill as Byzantine burials (a shovel mark?) show that this burial has been close to the surface.
The buried child, approx. 4-6 years according to Human bones lab persons, was placed with the head to the W and its back to the N and the pulled up feet to the E. It seems to be laying on the right side with knees pulled upp towards torso and the arms may have been wraped around the legs. The bones of the lower legs were separated from the rest of the body, perhaps by some of the above mentioned disturbances. When discovered I first thought they were part of a second person, but this seems unlikely.
The fill in the burial was massive, but had lumps of hard brick material in it. Much charcoal and a few animal (?) bones were found in the fill, as well as some small pieces of obsidian and shell. Nothing that may be interpreted as gravegoods.
The 'spill over' of the filll over the edges of the cut, may have been a result of the erosion in the area that made boundaries unclear. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 6 | | | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Related Photos: 11 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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