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• 2013-07-30

• 2013

• Mottolese, Chiara

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This unit is localized in the north-east corner of the cut u.19891. This layer is characterized by a light brown colour and by a large concentration of bones, above all skulls, not connected among them. Important to note that the human remains visible are five or six skulls and some long bones; we also found a ring made of shell and a clay ball. Like the other accumulation of bones in the south-east side of the cut (U 30913) this layer also should be interpreted as an accumulation of bones, maybe to lay down a primary burial, but we are not sure yet. The unit was excavated by leaf trowel and by the human remains team's kit. 

Matrix above: 30920 Matrix below: 30910

Burial infill

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It is very difficult to recognize this cut because it is not possible to see the shape in plan. This is very obvious excavating the burial ; it is not possible to recognize the several fills of the cut because the soil is the same in all the surface in plan. So, we understood that the cut exist when we found the skeleton (u.19887). After the excavation we could see signs of the bottom and we recognized that the child was layed down on the bottom of this cut. 

Matrix above: 19897; 30917 Matrix below: 30913

Cut beneath skeleton

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The layer is localized in the highest platform in the north-west corner. The unit is characterized by a light brown and a grayish colour and by a massive bedding. We found a lot of little rings made of shell probably belonging to a burial gift and a lot of bones. This layer covered a lot of concentrations of bones and we exposed in the north-west corner a skeleton belonging to an infant. So, we understood that the skeleton is a primary burial of the cut (U 19880). The unit was excavated by leaf-trowel.

Matrix above: 30910 Matrix below: 19896

Burial fill