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Short Description:
Skeleton within grave cut
Issued to
Alison Burnal | 20/07/2017
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Interpretation

    • Articulated human remains
      • Chris Casswell
    • 28-7-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Supine
  • Faces upwards
  • Upper right arm is parallel to body, lower right arm crossed over pelvis
  • Upper left arm is parallel to body, lower left arm crossed over pelvis
  • Extended straight, with ankles side by side
  • Extended straight, with ankles side by side
  • Close together
  • good
  • good
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Human bone 11 333 left leg
Human bone 20 355 right leg
Human bone 77 172 vertebrae & 1 phalange
Human bone 30 260 Pelvis / Sacrum & 4 phalanges
Human bone 17 180 Right arm
Human bone 37 121 Left arm
Human bone 92 110 Ribs
Human bone 45
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Skull (noticeable porosity)
Human bone 53 88 left ribs
Human bone 7 67 Feet
Human bone 60 44 fingers and unidentified
Human bone 5 3 teeth
Human bone 1 90 Maxilla (still mud adhering)
Human bone 1 180 Mandible (still mud adhering)
Human bone 40 78 skull fragments
Human bone 1 1 unstratified

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_204
    • Burial in the middle of trench 2 East

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_179534
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    • Post-ex. shot of burial, looking west, 1m and 0.3m scales

Record Details

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