Villa Magna

Interpretation

    • Burial of infant in grave cut into [2372] (Structural wall of porch) Disturbed by construction of [2015] and church portal.
      • Cori Fenwick
    • 24-6-2008

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

Description

  • skeleton of infant, south of 2015 and west of church entrance
  • small tools
  • fossa terragna, singola
  • no cover
  • W-E
  • partial (top half survives)
  • mediocre
  • Partial skeleton of infant. Supine with right arm flexed to mandible. Lower torso and legs missing but fragments of pelvis remain in situ. No associated finds. Buried in earth grave.
  • post-dates the destruction of the porch but prior to construction of wall 2015
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  • mediocre
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Position

  • upright
  • flexed
  • absent
  • absent
  • absent
  • absent
  • absent
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Articulation

Decomposition and Compression

  • yes
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  • right arm, ribs, pelvis
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Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • skeleton of infant, south of 2015 and west of church entrance

Tomb

Geophoto

Record Details

  • 24-6-2008
  • Cori Fenwick
  • 23-6-2008