Short Description:
Skull in trench 2 east
Issued to
Caroline Heffer | 17/09/2020
Interpretation
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- Probable burial, only skull exposed during cleaning
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- DigVentures
- 18-9-2020
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- Burial in the line of burials in trench 2 E. The body has been truncated by later burials and there was not seen.
- 11-9-2021
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- Burial in the line of burials in trench 2 E. The body has been truncated by later burials and was not seen.
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- Joshua Harry
- 11-9-2021
Sketch Photo
Description
- Not seen
- While skull was present it was not in good condition and the attitude of head was not possible to see
- Not seen
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- Not seen
- Rather extensive, skull damaged during 2020-21 back filling and reexcavating
- Lifted in pieces but the condition seems good
- In 2020 Skull exposed during cleaning of layer (2166). Body not fully exposed or excavated. Recorded in a hand plan. In 2021 after removing SK2243 the skull was excavated no body was seen, looks like burial of SK2243 truncates it
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
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| Human bone | 51 | 352 | Comingled non-adult bone also present; possible infection/inflammation; dental disease. (Caffell, A. (2022). (Year 2021) |
Feature
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Feature: LDF_279
- Skull exposed during 2020 excavations. Lifted in 2021 excavations
Plan
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Plan: LDF_25
- Post-ex plan of trench 2 east 2020. 1:20. Sheet 9-11. Drawn over three sheets. N end of trench drawn by Chris Swindles and Liz Tutty. Centre of trench drawn by Jim Heffer and Caroline Heffer. S end of trench drawn by Antonio Marino and Laurie Coleman. Supervised by Indie Jago.
- Caroline Heffer
- 17-9-2020
Record Details
- Not set
- Caroline Heffer 17-9-2020
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