found at burial 285 building map
sketch of skeleton 285
Skeleton Item 3368
Burial Fill Item 3367
Burial Cut Item 3369
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photo a View a video of Theya, Basak and Shahina talking about the skeleton before it was removed.

theya's head Theya's report:
"Midden deposit. A tightly flexed and flattened primary burial in a shallow pit, on a sloping floor, in the middle of the space.... This is the complete, articulated skeleton of an adult male in his early 20s. . Dentally the teeth that survive are healthy though well worn for the age at death. ..the big toe has a kneeling angle which is less than that of the left big toe, suggesting a squatting habit that was asymmetrical.

Pathology
The youth had suffered from a chronic systemic and probably painful illness for some time. The disease had affected the bones of the shoulder, spine, ribs and hips in particular, but also individual bones of the forearm (ulnae) and hands. The bone is highly abnormal, swollen and spongy... Apart from a small lesion on the top of the cranium, the head and face were apparently not involved in the disease process, although the antimortem loss of so many teeth at such a young age might be due to the disease."

-from Theya's 1998 field report

 
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