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Short Description:
Skeleton seen in the base of circular feature 217.
Issued to
James Combe | 19/09/2020
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Interpretation

    • Burial seen when excavating 2165 in F217, cut into pit.
      • Nat Jackson
    • 21-9-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • E-W supine burial
  • Facing up
  • Right arm Extended along the right side of the body, hand resting on pelvis
  • Left arm extended along body with hand resting on pelvis
  • Extended
  • Extended
  • Extended
  • Some degeneration of bone, skull in fragments
  • Fair
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Human bone 62 316 Vertebrae (Year 2020)
Human bone 42 313 Right ribs (Year 2020)
Human bone 27 58 Right hand (Year 2020)
Human bone 36 361 Pelvis (Year 2020)
Human bone 29 35 Left Hand (Year 2020)
Human bone 48 459 Left and Right feet (Year 2020)
Human bone 60 137 Left ribs (Year 2020)
Human bone 8 130 Left Arm (Year 2020)
Human bone 146 479 Skull (Year 2020)
Human bone 43 93 Left & Right clavicle and scapula (Year 2020)
Human bone 7 369 Right Leg (Year 2020)
Human bone 6 300 Left Leg (Year 2020)
Human bone 6 138 Right arm (Year 2020)
Slag 1 2770 Stone encrusted with slag (Year 2020)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_249
    • Burial cut into F217, to the N of F248

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_201816
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    • W looking photo of Sk2285 cut into F217
  • Photo: LDF_201890
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    • W looking photo of empty grave after Sk2285 had been removed

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_158
    • Chris Swindells
    • 21-9-2020
  • Sample: LDF_159
    • Chris Swindells
    • 21-9-2020

Record Details

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  • James Combe 19-9-2020
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