Interpretation
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- BURIAL OF ADULT MALE IN COFFIN, DISTURBED BY CONSTRUCTION OF CASTRUM WALL
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- Samantha Cox
- 12-6-2009
Description
- adult skeleton parallel to 2001 and east of 2909
- small tools
- coffin
- none visible
- SW-NE
- good
- goodrn
- Skeleton of adult male on SW-NE orientation, missing right humerus. Laid out in supine position with arms crossed and legs extended, buried in an empty space as is evident from position of hands, feet, and pelvis. Not disturved by later burials, only by construction of 2001.
- No associated finds. Parallel to HRU 2903* - are they contemporary?
- good
- pelvis, cranium
- length of bone
Position
- SLIGHTLY FALLEN TO SN SIDE SOUTH
- FLEXED
- PELVIS DX
- FLEXED
- PELVIS SN
- EXTENDED
- EXTENDED
- FINGER AND TOE BONES DISCONNECTED
Articulation
Decomposition and Compression
- YES
- YES
- OPEN
- SX DISPLACED TO W ON FEMUR, DX MISSING
- DISCONNECTED AND FEET COLLAPSED TO W
- NO
- NO
- NO
- NO
- PATELLAE TARSALS HANDS
- SIDES OF GRAVES