Human Remains

Basics

Skeleton ID
7
Skeletal Sampling
Skeleton Percent Completeness
Skeleton Preservation
Photo Taken
Photo Description
Overview, teeth, petrous portions

Context Description

Skeleton Description
Mostly complete remains of a male in his 30s who stood about 175cm/5'9".
Multiple Burial
Tomb Covering
Grave Goods
Taphonomic Changes
Notes on Skeletons

Skeleton Demographics

Age Assessment
Sex Assessment
Stature (cm)
Demography Notes

Pathologies

Post-Cranial Pathology
Dental Pathology
Minor caries in RNM2 and LXI2, large one in LNM2; calculus; AMTL. Remains of a root from a destroyed tooth. Wear is minimal.
Cranial Pathology
Porosity on the anterior surface of both petrous portions. See photographs - possible infection of some sort?
Congenital Defects
Cultural Alterations

Chemical Analysis Results

d13C collagen - sampled tissue
ribs
d13C collagen - Results ‰VPDB
d13C apatite - sampled tissue
d13C apatite - Results ‰VPDB
d15N - sampled tissue
ribs
d15N - Results ‰AIR
d18O apatite - sampled tissue
ribs
d18O apatite - Results ‰VPDB
87Sr/86Sr - sampled tissue
87Sr/86Sr - Results permil (‰)
DNA haplotype - sampled tissue
DNA haplotype - Results
DNA Sex - sampled tissue
DNA Sex - Results

Stratigraphic Units

Area: B, Skeleton, T.7

Attachments

Attachments
7-overview.jpg
Photo

Overview of Skeleton 7 laid out in field lab.