Short Description:
Skeleton within grave 2549
Issued to
Ben Swain | 21/09/2023
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Interpretation
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- W-E aligned skeleton buried in grave 2549 F737 truncating metalworking pit/hearth F206. The skeleton was buried with the head at the west in the early christian tradition. The grave was filled with a burnt material containing charcoal/burnt clay/metallurgical debris redeposited from the metalworking pit
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- Ben Swain
- 24-9-2023
Sketch Photo
- No Files Attached
Description
- extended lying on its right side
- lying on its right side
- extended alongside body and along the right hip.
- extended alongside and across the body to join the right hand at the right hip
- extended parallel to the left
- extended parallel to the right
- extended straight and together
- in a general good state of preservation
- some fragmentation, especially skull