| | Area: North | | | | Dug in Year: 2012 | | Feature Type: burial | | Feature Subtype: | | | | Related Photo (Click to view larger version in new window) | | | | | Location: In the Ne corner of Space 40, the main room of one building. | | | | Grid X: 1056 Grid Y: 1192.78 | | | Grave cut: Edges hard to define, bottom easier.
Skeleton: Adolescent/sub-adult oriented NW-SE with the head in NW and facing east/down. Lying on its back/left side with legs flexed, knees towards the chest, and arms flexed, hands towards the chin. Slighly disturbed by F3667 in the south and overlayered, not necessarily cut, by F3661 and F3666 in the south and the west. Still well preserved and complete.
Grave infill: Very similar to the surrounding material. See feature sheet for F3661 for further discussion.
Primary deposition. Overlayered/cut by three later graves, but 0,10 - 0,15 m deeper down than the other graves in the Space 40 and therefore well preserved. It is alsot he only grave where the skeleton has a strong brown and black colour on the limbs and skull. We do not know yet if this is a chemical reaction or somethig else, but the skeleton was buried in articulation and found still mainly undisturbed and in articulation in an anatomical position.
This indicates that the colouring is chemical, caused by something in the surrounding soil, local or before the other individuals were buried, or some kind of wrapping. A wrapping probably would have affected the rest of the skeleton, for example the ribs, and not only the skull and limbs. The limbs could not have been flexed as tightly as they are unless they were defleshed partially first or compressed by the burial of F3667. Only Space 40 individual flexed so tightly, interesting in combination with the dark colour. Still complete + perfectly articulared, though, which points to binding plus compression.
See also discussion on feature sheet for F3661.
For sketch: see plans 12/500, 12/349 and skeleton sheet. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | below: (Click to view the record) 3661, 3666 | | cut by: (Click to view the record) 3667 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Related Photos: 4 (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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