1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | !! | !! | installation |
| Best definition | 1996-07-03 | rK | burial [Input: ZH306lC.j] |
| Best image | 1996-07-06 | !! | v52b [Input: G802JO.J] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Labeling
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes on labeling | 1996-07-09 | rK | Technically (i.e., re: Encoding Manual) this aggregate was not defined methodically. Upon discovery that the skeleton was complete and that it was a burial, an aggregate number was assigned to the whole without first assigning numbers to the associated features. [Input: G709RK.J] |
| 1996-07-27 | rK | needs feature #; assigned f209 [Input: G803RK.J] |
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description (summary) | 1996-07-07 | rK | At the level of the location of the skeleton, there is brick surrounding it. The skeleton is positioned sideways, facing NW, right hand side on top. Hip and knee joints are flexed. One "bronze" bracelet is present on EACH hand. Elbows are flexed. The large jar previously observed (i52) is touching the toes. The head is facing down. The small jar is by the hand and mouth. The workman, upon brushing the space behind the skull excavated a hole, obviously with soft, loosely packed fill. Its only observable content was dust. [Input: G709RK.J] |
| 1996-07-07 | rK | Measurements as found: Head to toe 63 cm; width at hip: 23 cm; Distance between centers ofthe two bracelets: 8 cm.; Distance of bracelets from the point between the head (i 50) and the small jar (i 53) used for triangulating the skull (i 50): 15cm & 22 cm. [Input: G709RK.J] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Recovery/Assignment
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argument | 1996-07-08 | rK | re: burial a12. The assortment of rocks and ash in the SE corner of locus, labeled f23 during MZ7, and defined as a burial seems, in fact not to be part of the burial located in f111. Horizontally, f23 is disassociated from a12 by being more to the E. Vertically, its cut did not relate in any outline to the brick layer above a12. The contents rocks in f23 ended with the ash layer of f108. As regards burial a12, section along the S baulk, 50 cm from the skull, shows no clear indication of a cut reaching down, although bricky inclusions are visible. We encountered the burial not through exposure of any cut into the ac here, but on excavation beyond the ash layer associated with the end iron which had brick and hard packing underneath. Removal of this first exposed the skull, the associated jars and the whole skeleton. a13, just exposed, also in f111, and with sections extending all the way above it NS as well as EW along the two baulks meeting in the NE corner, shows no clear evidence of a pit cut from above. It is possible that neither a12 nor a13 involved a grave dug down from higher strata for emplacement of the bodies. [Input: G709RK.J] |
| Notes on recovery | 1996-07-08 | rK | completely excavated. Jars and bracelets were removed; bones placed together in a box designed for storing human bones prior to study & reburial. [Input: G709RK.J] |
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 1996-07-03 | rK | k218 [Input: ZH306lC.j] |