Villa Magna

Interpretation

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Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

Description

  • skeleton of baby/small child north of 2103 with bone carved cross
  • small tools
  • fossa terragna, singola (possibly a walled tomb?)
  • N/A, no cover, only fill
  • W-E
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  • Burial of infant in simple earth grave, articulated skeleton in poor condition, supine position with extended arms and bowed legs. Cranium is fragmentary. Small cross with hole corcord found in fill near skull. No other finds.
  • Worked bead of bone found in fill near cranium - cross shaped. Disturbed by construction of wall of 2103, but not cut.
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Position

  • w-e
  • disteso
  • sx del bacino
  • disteso
  • dx del bacino
  • flesso
  • flesso
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Articulation

Decomposition and Compression

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  • all of skeleton
  • pressione periferica del sedimento (in piena terra)

Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • skeleton of baby/small child north of 2103 with bone carved cross

Tomb

  • VM_T070
    • Infant burial with cross

Geophoto

Record Details

  • Karen Heslin
  • 20-7-2007