Identifier

TS2023_c619

Title

TS2023 context 619

Context type

en

Description

Fill of the burial pit

Certainty of interpretation

high confidence

Interpretation

The context 619 corresponds to the soil found inside the burial, under the cover made of stones.  We assume that this layer is the result of infiltrations rather than a intentional fill after the deposit of the deceased because of the compaction (very loose), the coumpound bedding, the unevenly distribution in the inner space of the pit (thin layer between the stones and the bones in the area of the left femur and the pelvis, thicker at the level of the torso and on the edges, and the movement of some bones in the burial (right scapula, ribs, left coxal bone, etc.). Some finds have been retrieved, like pottery and CBM. A flint (619 #6), and seven shells (619 #13, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) have been recorded separately. Found in the area of the jaw and the right arm of the skeletal, it was not sure that they had been deposit intentionnaly with the individual c603. We can notice also the discovery of a large pottery sherd found under the stone cover near the southern edge of the pit (619 #9).

Considering that this layer came mostly from infiltrations, we assume that it blended with the soil of the layer c629 corresponding to the fill found between the stones of the cover. 

Excavation technique

en
en

Investigation site

Location in the investigation area

Shape in plan

en irregular

Orientation

west-east

Length

1.35

Length measure unit

en meter

Width

1.20

Width measure unit

en meter

Thickness

0.16

Depth measure unit

en meter

Excavated amount

en 100%

Truncated

false

en Pottery
en Animal bone
en Ceramic Building Material
en Shell

Sediment type

en coarse-grained sediments

Sorting of content

en poorly sorted

Orientation of content

West to East

Compaction

en loose

Contact area boundaries

en clear

Top boundary

en clear

Bottom boundary

en diffuse

Context color hue

en greyish

Context color

en brown

Grain size

en course

Composition modifier

en clayey

Composition

en silt

Record completeness status

under review

Date Created

July 26, 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

Notes or comments

Some human bones were also retrieved. They probably belong to the skeleton 623 and moved by animals. The osteological analysis would help to confirm this hypothesis.


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