Short Description:
Child skeleton inside box feature in Tr2E
Issued to
Yasi Zhou | 21/09/2022
Interpretation
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- Juvenile burial placed inside stone 'box'
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- Harriet Tatton
- 19-5-2023
Sketch Photo
Description
- Aligned east-west. Head at east and feet west in grave.
- Unknown - skull too badly damaged
- Unknown - bones only partially articulated due to disturbance after deposition in grave. Assumed flexed along right side of body
- bones only partially articulated due to disturbance after deposition in grave. Assumed flexed along left side of body
- straight - aligned E-W
- not seen - disturbed after deposition within grave
- unknown
- several bones broken prior to excavation, especially skull which is very fragmented. Bones appear to have moved significantly since deposition and most are not in the anatomically correct positions
- fairly well preserved but some elements of skeleton highly fragmented or missing
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human bone | 24 | 14.1 | Vertebrae. (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 33 | 4 | Hands (includes fragments). (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 4 | 17.2 | Pelvis. (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 16 | 7.4 | Left arm (includes fragments). (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 1 | 2.6 | Right arm. (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 5 | 27.1 | Left leg. (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 3 | 30.8 | Right leg. (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 30 | 22.1 | Ribs. (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 260 | 64.4 | (Year 2022) |
| Human bone | 11 | 11.38 | Jaw and teeth. (Year 2022) |