Villa Magna

Interpretation

    • infant burial in earth tomb phase. covered by tile which seems to have acted as grave lid. Possibly lying above another infant
      • Cori Fenwick
    • 18-6-2008

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

Description

  • infant burial to north of wall 2103 covered by tile
  • small tools
  • fossa terragna, singola
  • roof tile covering infant
  • W-E
  • poor
  • mediocre
  • Disarticulated infant burial on W-E orientation. Poorly preserved, covered by tile.
  • impossible to ascertain original arrangement of corpse - the tile cover likely means that it was buried in a "spazio vuoto"
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  • not possible to distinguish articulation of bones

Position

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  • upright
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  • Not possible to distinguish position of bones

Articulation

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Decomposition and Compression

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  • All bones
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Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • infant burial to north of wall 2103 covered by tile

Tomb

Geophoto

Record Details

    • Lisa Fentress
    • Cori Fenwick
  • 18-6-2008
  • Cori Fenwick
  • 18-6-2008