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Short Description:
Skeleton inside burial [4585]
Issued to
Mai Walker | 27/01/2020
1498

Interpretation

    • Adult skeleton, in extended supine position. Crossed legs with hands on pelvis. Some degeneration of skeleton, mainly around the ribs, vertebrae and upper jaw.
      • Mai Walker
    • 28-1-2020

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Description

  • Extended supine
  • Supine position face up, lower jaw dislocated and located further down the body. No survival of upper jaw.
  • Placed on top of pelvis
  • Placed on top of pelvis
  • Crossed legs at feet
  • Crossed legs at feet
  • Placed with right foot on top
  • Fair survival of bone, ribs and vertebrae have degraded and very little survives. Upper jaw and hands have been lost also.
  • Fair condition
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Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: WIT_498
    • Burial (Sk4586)

Record Details

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  • Mai Walker 27-1-2020
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