Short Description:
Disarticulated adult burial in the south west corner of trench 2 (skull and humerus)
Issued to
Ben Swain | 15/09/2020
Interpretation
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- Very disarticulated, only skull and humerus evident. Not convinced both elements are the same burial. Noted very sharp orbital ridge on left life so queried as female. Lower jaw missing.
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- Ali Redmore
- 17-9-2020
Sketch Photo
Description
- Majority of body not present but skull and humerus aligned E-W
- Tilted and rotated on alignment NW-SE, looking E. Lower jaw not present
- Only one humerus present, seems to be right. Aligned E-W
- Missing
- Missing
- Missing
- Missing
- Very well preserved
- Fair although skull is fragmentary. Large slice of bone missing at the back of the skull indicating a sharp weapon injury, probably cause of death
- Probably not the same burial
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
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| Human bone | 1 | Skull - Trauma to head (chop) NB not weighed (Year 2020) | |
| Human bone | 3 | 155 | (Year 2020) |
| Human bone | 2 | 4 | Teeth (Year 2020) |
| Human bone | 28 | 19 | Skull fragments (Year 2020) |
| Stone | 6 | 31 | Quartz pebbles - Discarded (Year 2020) |
Feature
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Feature: LDF_262
- Disturbed Grave
Site Photos
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Photo: LDF_201465
- W looking photo of partial Skelton 2189
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Photo: LDF_204438
- Jodie and Ali excavating SK2189
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Photo: LDF_204439
- Jodie and Ali excavating SK2189
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Photo: LDF_204440
- Jodie and Ali excavating SK2189
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Photo: LDF_204441
- Jodie and Ali excavating SK2189
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Photo: LDF_204454
- Lizzie in the finds room cleaning the skull from SK 2189
Record Details
- Not set
- Ben Swain 15-9-2020
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