Date: 31-Aug-98
Weather: Hot, sunny
Number of Workers: 1
Lots Open: 1916 1934 1938
Page Reference: 193

STRATEGY: Number all diagnostic bones in death pit - take elevations on each stone & then number them.

SUMMARY: 1938 most bones were removed except the skull - a few more were discovered while cleaning - these were planned & numbered. Half a zambil of soil was taken as a sample. Also stone axe was found in the western slope of the death pit. Non numbered bones were also collected - these were examined by the animal bone specialist who identified most of them as human. About half of the numbered bones (& planned) turned out to be animal , many very well preserved from cows, sheep or goats and possibly deer. Large ceramic sherds ( & some smaller ones) were taken. 2 cores of lithics were taken as well. The following bones were removed (or numbered): under the bones - large stones begin to appear. At the very bottom of the pit - (near 1938/27) a strange arrangement of rock & bones appear. These have been left for futher examination. Charcoal is appearing underneath. 1938/7- human long bone 1938/8 - cow ulna 1938/9 - sheep/goat metacarpal 1938/10 - human 1938/11 - cow vertebrae 1938/12 - skull (not excavated yet) 1938/13 - human long bone 1938/14 - human pelvis 1938/15 - human skull top 1938/16 - cow humerus 1938/17 - shoulder human? (not excavated yet) 1938/18 - rib of medium sized animal 1938/19 - cow/deer tibia 1938/20 - cow humerus 1938/21 - cow metacarpal 1938/22 - Cow mandible 1938/23 - skull (not excavated yet) 1938/24 - Human long bones 1938/25 - human long bones 1938/26 - joint (not yet excavated) 1938/27 - not yet excavated 1938/28 - cow vertabrae 1938/29 - skull (not yet excavated) 1938/30 - human 1938/31 - articulates iwth 38 1938/32 - human long bone 1938/33 - human 1938/34 - human 1938/35 - pig radius 1938/36 - cow rib 1938/37 -? 1938/38 - jaw 1938/39 - jaw