Unit 10529

Category: skeleton    dug in 2004

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: burial 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Discussion: A child skeleton under the platform 1863 in building 43. The bones are in good condition. The body pushed up to the eastern side of the pit. The body is almost on its front with both anrms bent at the elbow and hands are under the skull. The child was about 10-12 years old based on dental eruption. Red ochre was found by the skeleton as a small lump. Yellow and brown residue were also sampled around the skeleton. Three types of beads were found around the neck. There were also 60-70 small beads and about 10 big white and black beads on the back. About 40-50 small white beads were found under the skull

large concentration of small beads and organic material in the thoracic region. 

 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 926.59; Target A - Y: 967.45; Target B - X: 926.59; Target B - Y: 966.85; Target C - X: 924.95; Target C - Y: 967.13; Target D - X: 924.34; Target D - Y: 967.13 

Body: Child skeleton in a crouched position. Oriented east- west lying on its front. 

Head: Facing down 

Right Arm: Bent 45 degrees on the body hand is under head 

Left Arm: Under the body bent hand under the head 

Right Leg: Right femur drawn to the chest. Lower leg under the left leg. The legs are crossed 

Left Leg: Drawn to the chest 

Other comments:  

Surface Modifications:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10530 below: (Click to view the record) 10524 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 37

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 45 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 43

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 236

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1860 (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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