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Short Description:
Fill of burial SK2243
Issued to
Amirah Mannan | 08/09/2021
2143

Interpretation

    • Grave fill for SK2243
      • Aimee Parker
    • 11-9-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Quite compact
  • Light-mid reddish brown
  • Clayey silt
  • Occasional rounded pebbles, common small sandstone pieces, rare shell fragments
  • Length - 1.80 Width - 0.47 Depth - 0.15
  • Dimensions measured for finds that came out of area around SK2343. The true extent of the context could not be seen because it looks too similar to surrounding deposit (2015)
  • Hand ex in dry condition

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 4 32 (Year 2021)
Human bone 23 60 Adult and some neonate. (Caffell, A. (2022) (Year 2021)
Stone 4 26 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2021)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_280
    • Supine burial, possibly had arthritis, rickets and enamel hypoplasia.

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_165
    • Aimee Parker
    • 9-9-2021
  • Sample: LDF_173
    • Harmony Rose Hill
    • 10-9-2021

Objects

  • Find: LDF_220
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    • Cuthberts bead found next to the pelvis of SK2243
  • Find: LDF_223
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    • St Cuthberts bead found by leg of SK2243
  • Find: LDF_226
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    • Poss. porphyry (sawn off on one side).
    • Stone

Record Details

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  • Amirah Mannan 8-9-2021
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