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Interpretation

    • burial of an infant in marble and tile \"casket\" slightly disturbed by the addition of HRU 5317 and movement of tile cover 5324
      • Cori Fenwick
    • 3-7-2009

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

  • No records attached.

Description

  • infant remains along SU 5272 under HRU 5317 and above SU 5336
  • small tools
  • tile and marble casket
  • tile
  • S-N
  • good
  • good
  • Infant skeleton in supine position with arms extended and legs extended in tile tomb on S-N orientation. The limbs on the south side of the body have fallen away to west and pelvis is open indicating that the infant was buried in an empty space and was disturbed by insertion of HRU *5317.
  • Right fibula moved south to below pelvis. Bone hair pin found in fill.
  • villa transformation
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  • worked bone hair pins
  • good
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  • infant
  • length of limbs
  • grave of HRU *5317

Position

  • facing N, original position
  • extended
  • missing
  • extended
  • extended E of body
  • extended
  • extended
  • buried in empty space, left scapula and humerus disconnected but articulated

Articulation

Decomposition and Compression

  • yes
  • no
  • pelvis open
  • fallen underneath upper ends of tibias
  • left displaced to W, right missing
  • no
  • no
  • no
  • none
  • right fibula, left long bones
  • none

Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • infant remains along SU 5272 under HRU 5317 and above SU 5336

Tomb

  • VM_T393
    • infant burial in Area D

Geophoto

Record Details

    • Lisa Fentress
    • Meg Andrews
  • 3-7-2009
  • Meg Andrews
  • 2-7-2009