Short Description:
N-S aligned burial in cut [4553]
Issued to
Henry Callender | 16/12/2019
Interpretation
-
- N-S aligned burial in cut [4553].
-
- Indie Jago
- 7-4-2020
Sketch Photo
Description
- North - south aligned body, lying face down in the grave with arms by its side. Body appears to be slightly twisted, and facing towards the east. Pelvis is snapped with part of it disarticulated on the west side of the grave, due to possible later disturbance?
- Face down. Skull has been smashed by machine during stripping so only recoverd in fragments.
- Right arm is lying by its side however positioned slightly over the ribs. This could be because the body was placed partially on its side, facing to the east. Right hand lies beneath the pelvis.
- Left arm lies by its side with left hand placed under the pelvis.
- Right leg, similar to the right arm, is higher then the the left. Again could be because body was placed on its side facing to the east.
- Left leg is lying in a lower position than the right leg.
- Feet are almost entirely missing. A few toe bones found disarticulated at the southern end of grave, perhaps due to later disturbances?
- Bones, including parts of the pelvis, ribs, spine and fingers were found dis articulated in the grave cut. Skeleton in general appeared to have been interfered with because of the randomness of some bone placement.
- Back of the skull was smashed by machine during stripping of the site. Unable to lift as whole because of this.
Finds
Feature
-
Feature: WIT_470
- Burial (Sk4554)
Site Photos
-
Photo: WIT_200819
- E looking photo of Sk.4554, 1m scale and 0.4m scale
-
Photo: WIT_200820
- S looking photo of Sk.4554, 1m scale, 0.4m scale
Record Details
- Not set
- Henry Callender 16-12-2019
- - - - -
- - -