Individual: GU
Sex: male ?
Age: 16-18 years (dental development and epiphyseal union)
Burial Type: secondary
Orientation of Burial: Orientation: E-W
Description: A disturbed burial of a juvenile was unearthed. The head was placed east of the long bones. The skull is robust but fragmentary. The right side of the infra-cranial skeleton is moderately well preserved, the left side is fragmentary; the left humerus, pelvic bone, and tibia are absent.The right femur displays a strong development of the linea aspera. The distal end of the right fibula shaft displays signs of a healed ankle fracture. Both femora exhibit lamellar new bone formation on the shaft (periostitis). Dental enamel hypoplasia is detectable on the first upper incisor on the right.
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