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Short Description:
Skeleton in grave [4444]
Issued to
Mai Walker | 25/02/2020
1670

Interpretation

    • Juvenile skeleton in grave [4444] on N/S allignment. Unusul allignment. Extended supine position of body, skull has poor preservation. Body has preserved in fairly good condition, ribs, vertebrae, scapula, pelvis, fingers and toes has preserved well - which is more unusual within the surrounding graves. Body was buried and filled with redeposited natural, making cut hard to see.
      • Mai Walker
    • 26-2-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Extended supine
  • Supine
  • Lying supine beside ribs, hands on pelvis
  • Lying supine beside ribs, hands on pelvis
  • Extended Supine
  • Extended Supine
  • Together, extended supine
  • Fairly good preservation
  • Fairly good
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Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: WIT_829
    • Burial (Sk.4864)

Site Photos

  • Photo: WIT_205860
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    • S looking record shot of SK4864. 0.4m scale

Samples

  • Sample: WIT_199
    • Mai Walker
    • 25-2-2020

Record Details

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  • Mai Walker 25-2-2020
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