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Short Description:
Decapitated infant skeleton, N/S allignment.
Issued to
Mai Walker | 12/02/2020
1557

Interpretation

    • Decapitated infant skeleton, placed on a roughly N/S allignment. Missing a few parts, including - lower arms, hands, feet& pelvis. Filled with redeposited natural (4716). It was fairly difficult to see grave cut [4714].
      • Mai Walker
    • 13-2-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Supine with bent legs, head decapitated and placed by feet.
  • Decapitated and placed by feet. On left hand side, facing E.
  • Not much remaining, appears to be supine.
  • Not much remaining, appears to be supine.
  • Bent at knee slightly, towards the west.
  • Bent at knee slightly, towards the west.
  • Missing
  • Missing lower arms & hands, feet, pelvis. Bones are in moderately preserved condition.
  • Moderate
  • Decapitated

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: WIT_921
    • Burial (Sk4715)

Record Details

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  • Mai Walker 12-2-2020
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