Individual: BX

Sex: female

Age: 20-25 years, the medial epiphysis of the clavicle is unfused

Burial Type: primary flexed right

Orientation of Burial: Orientation: ESE-WNW

Description: BX/BY/HS. Primary burial of 3 individuals. In this multiple burial, three bodies were laid in a flexed position on the right side. A man (BY) was placed between two women (BX, HS) his left hand was laid on the hip of the woman (HS) in front of him; his right hand was placed on his own hip. The hands of HS were found in front of her face; both hands of BX rested on the hip. With all three skeletons snail shells were found, which had presumably been part of a loin-cloth or a belt. BX was wearing two necklaces, one made of green and white stone beads, the other of black and white tubular beads. A single pierced pearl was found at the chin of BX and below the skull a pendent made of mother-of-pearl was discovered. The right part of the skeleton is very fragmentary and brittle; the left part is in better condition. The right tibia is missing, apart from that all elements of the skeleton are represented. Body Height Estimation: 164,00 (Trotter & Gleser 1952).

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Samples

sample ID	skeletal element	18 O	13 C	87/86 Sr
sample ID	skeletal element	18 O	13 C	87/86 Sr
780	M1	-1.6215	-3.99	0.7087
781	M3	-1.8841	-5.45	0.7087

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