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Short Description:
Articulated skeleton at N end of E side of trench. SE of SK2104
Issued to
Robert Foreman | 08/09/2019
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Interpretation

    • partially articulated burial.
      • Flora Szpirglas
    • 18-9-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Badly damaged but appears to be laying in extended supine position
  • Missing
  • Right arm missing
  • Arm by the side and closed over pelvis. Some of the hand was recovered.
  • Lower leg missing, femur appears to be extended supine pointing east
  • Lower leg missing, femur appears to be extended supine pointing east
  • Missing
  • Poor - skeleton has been disturbed and badly damaged
  • Lifted in 2020. Bone was already damaged, little further damage caused through lifting.
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Human bone 46 285 Pelvis. (Year 2020)
Human bone 48 79 Left ribs. (Year 2020)
Human bone 12 87 Left Arm. (Year 2020)
Human bone 48 50 Miscellaneous. (Year 2020)
Human bone 42 85 Vertebrae. (Year 2020)
Human bone 22 333 Right leg. (Year 2020)
Human bone 9 264 Left leg. (Year 2020)
Human bone 25 36 Hands. (Year 2020)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_225
    • Burial - Partially articulated human remains in trench 2 E.

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_190453
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    • Exposed partially articulated SK105. Facing W. 1m vertical scale, 0.4m horizontal scale.

Record Details

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  • Robert Foreman 8-9-2019
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