Identifier

TS2023_F1

Title

TS2023 Feature 1

Feature type

en inhumation burial

Feature subtype

Single primary inhumation in pit

Certainty of interpretation

high confidence

Location in the investigation area

Located near the western berm of the trench, at 10.60 m from its southern limit and 0.95 m west to the burial Feature 2

Burial MNI

1

Description

The feature 1 correspond to a single primary inhumation in pit, oriented west-east, located less than one meter west to the burial F2. It has been identified by the discovery of the human skeleton c603 in primary position at 0.55 m depth, during the mechanical excavation of the topsoil. The cut (c613) and the fill (c606) were not visible. Indeed,  quite close to the actual surface, it has been truncated and disturbed by the modern ploughings and the digger during the excavation. 

For the burial F1, a simple oval pit (c613), measuring 1.10 x 0.70 m, oriented west-east was dug into the layer c605. Only the base of the cut (c613) was visible, defined by the difference of soil consistency with the embedding layer. Uneven and irregular, it is marked by a gentle slope of 4 cm to the east. This irregularity can explain the difference of levels of the skeletal remains. The pit contained indeed one skeleton belonging to an adult, oriented west-east, the head to the west, in flexed position on its right side, both hands close to the head, the right hand in a natural resting position.  According to the first observations of the skeletal remains, the pit may have been filled by the same soil removed while digging the pit in the layer c605. No specific finds could be clearly associated with the individual. the sherds found in the fill may have belonged initially to the embedding layer. Nonetheless, three shells (c606 #10, 15, 18) and a chipedstone (c606 #11) have been recorded as special finds. It may have been associated with the deceased, but it is not possible to prove it with certainty.

Interpretation

Single primary inhumation in pit

Investigation area

Record completeness status

Media (photographies), specific anthropological context sheets, and osteological analysis need to be added and completed on Air

Date Created

July 24, 2023

Rights Holder

en Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres. Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Greece)
en National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
en University of York (UK)
en Lund University (Sweden)

License

en CC-BY 4.0


Linked resources

Items with "Feature : TS2023 Feature 1"
TS2023 context 603
Items with "Feature : TS2023 Feature 1"
TS2023 context 606
Items with "Feature : TS2023 Feature 1"
TS2023 context 613
Items with "Item represented: TS2023 Feature 1"
TS23 H899 02 (3D model)
TS23 H899 04 (3D Model)
TS23 H899 07 (3D Model)
TS23 H899 08 (3D Model)
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TS2023 context 605
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