Unit 10019

Category: skeleton    dug in 2004

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Dead body 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: The burial was 1st discovered with te exposure of the right side of the skull. The grave cut (10020) and the grave fill (10018) were clearly defined. The body was orientated W-E and was placed in a dorsally extended position. This is a late Roman/Byzantine burial. The individual was large and robust, the articulated left hand was particulary well defined and large. Preliminary sexing by the pelvis indiacted that this is a male. The left hand phalanges rested on a pottery fragment which may have been intentionally placed under the hand. The pottery fragment may also be from the grave fill only. The cranium, especially the face is highly fragmented and even missing bones in several areas. Animal disturbance was evident throughout the unit and accounts for the displacement of the thoracic verts and the missing bones 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 0; Target A - Y: 0; Target B - X: 0; Target B - Y: 0; Target C - X: 0; Target C - Y: 0; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body: Orientation E-W (head to the west) facing dorsally extended on right side 

Head: Head to west 

Right Arm: Extended to side with hand under right hip bone and femur 

Left Arm: Extended to side with hand extended to side 

Right Leg: Extended with foot 

Left Leg: Extended with foot 

Other comments: Late Roman/Byzantine 

Surface Modifications: Animal disturbance throughout the unit, missing majority of faces the distal left humerus, thoracic verts, left distal tibia shaft, some cervical verts are displaced 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10020 below: (Click to view the record) 10018 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 13 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1407 (burial)

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

 

Lab Team Data

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2004 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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