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Short Description:
Juvenile burial next to large stones in TR2E
Issued to
Simon Redmore | 25/09/2022
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Interpretation

    • Juvenile burial possibly deliberately buried within larger stone structure
      • Harriet Tatton
    • 19-5-2023

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Description

  • Oriented W-E in extended supine position
  • Skull damaged but head clearly facing E
  • Extended along right side of body
  • Extended along left side of body
  • Extended W-E
  • Extended W-E
  • Extended pointing E
  • Bone preservation is mostly good, however skull is fragmented
  • Good
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Human bone 6 20 Left arm. (Year 2022)
Human bone 9 20 Right arm. (Year 2022)
Human bone 47 37 Right ribs and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 41 31 Left ribs and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 8 5 Right hand. (Year 2022)
Human bone 16 7 Left hand. (Year 2022)
Human bone 27 17 Feet and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 15 36 Collar bone and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 10 76 Left leg and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 10 58 Right leg and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 21 110 Sacrum and pelvis. (Year 2022)
Human bone 37 186 Vertebrae and fragments. (Year 2022)
Human bone 50 2000 NOT CLEANED. Teeth and skull fragments. (Year 2022)

Feature

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Samples

  • Sample: LDF_258
    • Harriet Tatton
    • 30-9-2022

Record Details

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  • Simon Redmore 25-9-2022
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