Villa Magna

Interpretation

    • HRU IN A SIMPLE EARTHEN GRAVE
      • Cori Fenwick
    • 26-6-2008

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

Description

  • juvenile skeleton postdates tomb D and cut by construction of 20th century church entrance
  • trowel, small tools
  • fossa terragna, singola
  • no tomb cover
  • W-E
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  • Supine HRU on W-E orientation perpendicular to church facade. Missing some ribs and vertebrae. Also missing both lower legs and feet. Buried in a simple earthen grave.
  • No grave goods, adult. This post-dates the construction of tomb D. Disturbed by later activity (construction of portal 2419).
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  • lower legs and feet missing

Position

  • upright
  • flexed
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  • flexed
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  • extended
  • extended
  • most of hands missing

Articulation

Decomposition and Compression

  • yes
  • absent
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  • no
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  • no
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  • pressione periferica del sedimento (in piena terra)

Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • juvenile skeleton postdates tomb D and cut by construction of 20th century church entrance

Tomb

Geophoto

Record Details

  • 26-6-2008
  • Cori Fenwick
  • 25-6-2008