Unit 13744
Category: Skeleton dug in 2006
Area: Trench 5
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 1.38m E-W x 0.3m N-S (skull mising)
Discussion: Heavily disturbed skeleton of elder (as suggested by wear etc on pelvis) gracile extended female of Byzantine date. Originally grave goods may have been present as suggested by the presence of blue glass fragment of bracelet/ring in grave fill. Skull and other missing bone fragments from disturbance and animal acitvity may be present in units 13742 and grave fill 13745.
NB x1 now transferred to grave fil!! And suggests orinal presence of coffin. Extended and supine inhumation aligned E-W with head to west, feet to east. but no evidence for original position of skull. Extended legs which may have originally met at feet. Cut into chalcolithic architecture. Teeth look like adult; epiphyses are fused but person is grazile.
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: Sternum and lower vertebrae are missing (animal burrowing). Otherwise complete but disturbed. Slightly sumped on to LHS
Head: Missing and disturbed - found in fill 13742 above, where it exists as fragments
Right Arm: By side and flexed over pelvis. Flexed over left arm. Parts of RH missing/ disturbed
Left Arm: By side and flexed over pelvis. Under Right arm. Hand hardly present - very disturbed by animals
Right Leg: Extended foot present but disturbed
Left Leg: Extended, tibia absent - foot hardly present
Other comments: Body laid on back - supine - arms flexed at pelvis, legs straight and extended but may originally have met at feet. Head removed by later cut - 13741
Surface Modifications:
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 90
Total Deposit Volume: 90
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 3
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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Spaces: none | |
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Finds Room Information:
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2006 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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