Interpretation
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- predates construction of the bell tower
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- Cori Fenwick
- 24-7-2009
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- Early burial of juvenile pre-dating construction of bell tower, with two rings on L hand, one on R hand
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- Erica Nitsch
- 14-6-2010
Description
- E-W burial below foundation offset for campanile.
- small tools
- tomb/coffin
- none excavated
- W-E
- fair
- good
- Adult skeleton, upper torso exposed below 2415, not excavated 2009. Excavated 2010. Mostly complete skeleton of older juvenile on W-E orientation. 2 bronze rings found on same finger of left hand. 1 bronze ring found on right hand. Skull buried under 2414. Right side of skeleton compressed against reduction containing bricks, plaster, loose human bones north of 2416. Previous individual moved aside.
- Articulated vertebrae above pelvis and ribs (right side) belonging to a later individual. Do not show green stain which is on fingers of this HRU, despite being close enough to be stained, suggesting that later individual post-dates the corrosion of the bronze.
- 2 bronze rings, one thin, one thick, on left hand, and 1 bronze ring (thick) on right hand
- good
- juvenile
- fusion of epiphyses
- does not seem to be disturbed by construction of bell tower
Position
- N/A
- Flexed
- Absent
- Flexed
- Absent
- Extended
- Extended
- Hands are presented but position difficult to determine
Articulation
Decomposition and Compression
- Yes
- Yes
- Open
- Fallen between legs
- Disarticulated
- N/A
- N/A
- Yes
- Yes
- Upper body compressed by position of limbs, lower body had enough space to decompose in empty space