Villa Magna

Interpretation

    • Left torso of adult in grave that may have been cut into earlier wall, which was disturbed by later graves and construction of tomb wall to the N and is now very poorly preserved.
      • Cori Fenwick
    • 24-7-2009

Stratigraphic Relationships

Site Photo

Description

  • W-E burial of adult beneath HRU 3830, only right side of torso remains
  • small tools
  • may have been built grave cut into earlier wall
  • none
  • W-E
  • partial
  • poor
  • Partial part of torso of adult with several loose bones lying above, cut by 3827* and lying outside, to the south of the tomb containing 3850* and 3830*. Line of travertine in soil indicates southern wall of that tomb, whose construction probably cut this grave. Some fragmented ribs, left scapula, radius, ulna, fragmented vertebrae and pelvis fragments remain. Additional ulna and radius bagged in fill may belong to this individual.
  • no associated grave goods
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  • good
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  • size of limbs, maturation
  • later graves

Position

  • a
  • a
  • a
  • flexed
  • a
  • a
  • a
  • Finger bones found disconnected

Articulation

Decomposition and Compression

  • Yes
  • Absent
  • Too poorly preserved to tell
  • Absent
  • Absent
  • Some
  • Some
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  • Absent
  • Everything except right torso lost to later disturbances
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Isotope Analysis

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Basic Information

  • W-E burial of adult beneath HRU 3830, only right side of torso remains

Tomb

Geophoto

Record Details

    • Lisa Fentress
    • Cori Fenwick
  • 22-7-2009
  • Cori Fenwick
  • 22-7-2009