Unit 19152

Category: Skeleton    dug in 2016

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: primary skeleton 

Data Category Information: none

Description: Measurments:
Lower limb:
Right Femur = 22 cm
Right patella = 4x3.4 cm (in perfect anatomical connexion )

Right Fibula = 30 cm
Right Tibia = 31 cm

Left Tibia = 31 cm
Left Fibula = 29 cm ( Not complete)
Left Patella = 4x4 cm

Right radius = 20cm
Right ulna = 21.5cm
Right humerus = 27.5 cm
Right clavicle = 12 cm
Left radius = 21 cm
Left ulna = 23.5cm
Left humerus = 27.5 cm

Left os coxae:
Dcox=195 mm
Limt = 33 mm
Scox = 130 mm
Ss= 70 mm
Sa= 76 mm
Great sciatic notch= AC<CB (Bruzek 2002) 

Discussion: Individual 19152 is deposited simultaneously with individual (ind.)19151.
Concerning the internal organisation of this simultaneous burial (F7418), individual 19151 was deposited first and sk 19152 is deposited on 19151 . The right arm of ind. 19151 is below the neck ( cervical vertebrae) of ind. 19152. Furthermore,the left knee of ind. 19151 is below the pelvis of ind. 19152.

Individual 19152 is a young adult female. Situated on the northern part of the burial cut, this individual lay on its left side in a flexed position. The cephalic extremity is oriented to the west with the feet to the east. The cranium of the individual 19152 presented in the right lateral view (looking to the north, the mandible still perfectly in articulation.
Both upper limbs are flexed in front of the torso with the wrist located against the right knee and above its left forearm and the right hand of ind. 19151. The right humerus is in the postero-external view, this position is not so natural, due to the skeleton position, the humerus should be more in the lateral view, but we have as well a position anomaly demonstrated by the vertical position of the clavicle. So the position of the right humerus in addition to the right clavicle indicates that the body was constricted. The right hand of the ind. 19152 is in palmar view, it is stuck between the right knee and its right hand and the individual 1951 right forearm.
Its left forearm is flexed as well, with the hand closed and it is located against the right forearm of ind. 19151. The labile joint of both hands of ind. 1952 are in perfect anatomical connection.
The right femur was flexed onto the thorax, the angle between the tibia and fibula and femur being 45 °.
The feet are hyperflexed in front, so the knees are touching the chest area (the foot bones are in perfect anatomical connexion. The right leg is more flexed toward the torso. Both the patellas were in-situ. The right foot is in lateral view, perpendicular to the tibia/fibula, in perfect anatomical connexion.
The left foot is not in well-connected, in fact, the talus is perfect anatomical connexion, but the calcaneus is detached from the talus, in addition the other tarsals (cuboid, cuneiform lateral, cuneiform medial and cuneiform intermediate) are turned up to the lateral view.
The left part of the rib cage is lay in the bottom of the pit and had retained its natural shape, while the right part above the void created by decomposition of the lungs has the upper ribs more obliquely oriented. The pelvic girdle is tightly articulated. The sacrum and the lumbar vertebrae of the individual 19151 are against the right femur of individual 19151.
While removing the right os coxae a worked bone pin (x1= 10.5 cm) with the sharp tip oriented to the west was found against the last two lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum in between the two os coxae (in the middle area of the pelvis).
The pelvis area normally contains as well the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the other organs, so even if the individual is directly covered by soil, after the decomposition, secondary voids will appear. If this pin was a fibula (Brooch) that used to hold the burial shroud (linceul) and if it was initially been located in the abdominal area, so after the decomposition of the body, the pin has been pushed deeper against the sacrum and the last lumbar vertebrae.
The tight constriction of the body, demonstrated especially by the vertical position of the right clavicle, as well as the rotation of the right humerus, and the hyperflexed position of the individual, tend to indicate that the body was wrapped in a shroud.
Furthermore, in the same pelvic area, after removing the worked bone pin (x1), an obsidian micro-core (x2: 2x2.5x0.2 cm) was as well been discovered over the left os coxae. It could be a part of the Burial fill, or related to the cloth or burial shroud or clothing decoration! Besides, a shell fragment was located against left ankle.
The northern edge of the burial cut was not so clear to define but the small elevation of the right elbow of individual 19151 as well as the small elevation of the left knee of the individual 19152 indicates that the burial fill northern edge was more or less concave.
All these observations and the perfect anatomical connexion especially for the most labile joint tend to express that the decomposition occurred in a filled place. 

X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 934.6488; Target A - Y: 962.6394; Target B - X: 935.1169; Target B - Y: 963.4301; Target C - X: 934.0778; Target C - Y: 963.0992; Target D - X: 0; Target D - Y: 0 

Body:  

Head:  

Right Arm:  

Left Arm:  

Right Leg:  

Left Leg:  

Other comments: good preservation 

Surface Modifications:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19151 below: (Click to view the record) 19142 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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