Individual: FO
Sex: male ?
Age: 20-25 years (medial epiphysis of clavicle unfused)
Burial Type: primary flexed right
Orientation of Burial: Orientation E-W
Description: Burial of 5 individuals, together with AL, AK, GG, GI. The multiple burial consisted of five articulated skeletons. The corpses were buried close together lying partly in each other’s arms. They were placed on their right sides with bent legs, their heads directed to the east, the face oriented to the NNW. The rightmost individual was a man (FO). Tightly in front of him lay a woman (GG) whose left arm was placed on the body of another female juvenile (AL) to her left. The next individual was a second man (AK), a third male skeleton (GI) was for the most part destroyed by later burials. FO: Pierced snail shells, which most probably were part of a headband, were found around the skull of the man. A bracelet on his right wrist consists of disc-beads and alternating black and white tubular beads. Damaged and fragmented bones. The right tibia and feet are missing. Left mandible, right humerus, and left tibia are best preserved. Body Height Estimation: 174,00 (Trotter & Gleser 1952).
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