 Unit 1378
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| Category: skeleton dug in 1996 |
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| Area: North |
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| Interpretive Categories: skeleton |
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| Data Category Information: none |
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| Dimensions: 0.65 x 0.35m |
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| Description: burial |
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Discussion: The skeleton was found in a pit. It is in a complete, tightly flexed position lying on the left side. The bones are all in articulation. The hyoid and the patellas are in position. Left hand located under the legs at the feet. The right foot is pressed against the limit of the pit, forced into an unnatural position. Scapula is displaced vertically pressed against the side of the pit. Right humerus has fragmented. The hand and arm bones are in correct anatomical position.
The skull and the mandible are broken / smashed.
Inclusions of the immediate grave soil occur as tiny flecks of charcoal but only a few. A white substance perhaps a form of clay occurred quite commonly. Very similar to this was a white fibrous material which was laid down in lines both vertically and horizontally (?) Plant root salts /phytoliths.
No relative movement of the bones since internment.
This skeleton may have been tied as the bones are so tightly flexed. |
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| Condition: many visitors, hot, crowded in tent, filming |
| X and Y of Targets: Target A - X: 1045.08; Target A - Y: 1193.04; Target B - X: 1045.11; Target B - Y: 1193.45; Target C - X: 1045.96; Target C - Y: 1193.36; Target D - X: 1045.88; Target D - Y: 1193.04 |
| Body: W-E axis, with head to W, knees underneath |
| Head: Head dipped forward so that nose would touch the knee |
| Right Arm: arm is bent, and the hand is perpendicular to the arm |
| Left Arm: straight, under the legs meeting the feet |
| Right Leg: tightly flexed, patella touching maxilla, foot horizontal with pelvis |
| Left Leg: tightly flexed, patella close to eye socket, foot not exposed yet |
| Other comments: Target E: 1045.10, 1193.26 F: 1045.78, 1193.21
Tightly flexed crouched burial lying on left side. |
| Surface Modifications: There are no obvious cut marks. Some root marks are present. The bones are very fragile due to necessary uncovering a result of excavation. |
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| Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): |
| above: (Click to view the record) 1379 |
| below: (Click to view the record) 1380 |
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| Dry sieve volume: 0 |
| Total Deposit Volume: 0 |
| Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3 |
| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
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| Settlement Phase: |
| Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present |
| Associated Hodder Level (from Space): North.?G |
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| 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: Human |
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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 | | Ceramic Records: No | | 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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