Interpretation
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- Burial of adult in built tomb disturbed by later burials. Could have been later than tomb, since the original position of the arm would have lain above the tomb wall.
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- Cori Fenwick
- 23-7-2009
Site Photo
Description
- partial adult skeleton below HRU 3830* (scapula may be confused with 38050*)
- small tools
- built tomb
- none
- W-E
- almost complete
- good
- Partially complete skeleton of adult on W-E orientation, cranium, clavices, and scapulae are missing, scapulae may have been confused with HRU 3830, which was directly above. More of torso is missing on left side than right knees and feet are together. Spinal column is slightly twisted. Line of white travertine in soil runs parallel to right leg to south, perhaps was the original tomb wall.
- no grave goods found - six sacral elements
- none
- good
- ventral arc and sciatic notch
- sie of limbs, maturation
- later graves
Position
- absent
- A
- A
- A
- A
- D
- D
- both patellas originally found but one was bagged as part of SU 3831 since it was confused with the patellas of HRU 3830 above
Articulation
Decomposition and Compression
- yes
- yes
- open slightly on both sides
- resting on tarsals possibly confused with those of 3830
- resting on top of each other
- missing
- missing
- missing
- R. is laterally rotated
- arms, cranium, scapulae, clavicle are disturbed by later burials
- tomb walls