Villa Magna

Interpretation

    • grave of adult in the disused doorway of 4123.
      • Caroline Goodson
    • 13-7-2010

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

Description

  • skeleton of an adult, in W:E orientation, buried in doorway on N. LOE.
  • small tools
  • earthen
  • tile cover 4571
  • W-E
  • impartial update complete - rest of skeleton was excavated in 2010
  • good
  • Adult skeleton laid supine with flexed legs and arms, slightly turned to the south. Grave is aligned to the doorway between walls 4574 and 4123, and the legs are flexed to fit in. The ribcage is tilted to the south and the ribs and sternum have slid down and opened.
  • the north section of BII revealed one leg and the northern extension in 2010 revealed the rest
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  • high
  • mandible shape
  • size of bones
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Position

  • turned south
  • f
  • d
  • f
  • f
  • f
  • f
  • the legs are flexed to fit into the doorway the hands are crossed very high on the chest.

Articulation

Decomposition and Compression

  • slight
  • fallen onto right ribs
  • intact, compressed
  • absent
  • intact
  • minimal
  • not
  • none
  • none
  • hands
  • none

Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • skeleton of an adult, in W:E orientation, buried in doorway on N. LOE.

Tomb

Geophoto

Record Details

  • 13-7-2010
  • Caroline Goodson
  • 2-7-2009