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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2012 |
| Feature Type: burial |
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| Location: cut into space 96 |
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| Grid X: 1051.45 Grid Y: 1177.8 |
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Post neolithic, most likely byzantine burial. Rectangular in plan, E-W oriented.
This later burial held an adult. The burial cut contained a mud brick lining that was placed above the individual. This formed a false bottom, perhaps to protect the burial from robbery. The individual's skeleton was highly fragmentary and missing quite a few bones; although its supine orientation was intact.
The individual was most likely placed with a coffin as iron nails were also uncovered.
An interesting aspect of the buriall was the location of the obsidian point (19498. x1) that was placed above the mud brick lining; right on top of the chest of the individual. Its been suggested that the this point was found during the lifetime of the person who was buried and left in their grave as a token. However, there were also animals burrows so it could also have been deposited through post depositional processes. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 8 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 4 (Click here to view unit list) |
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