Predynastic Cemetery, N7000

The Predynastic Cemetery, N7000, at Naga-ed-Dêr, Egypt


Grave 7170 ilustrated in Lythgoe & Dunham (1965).
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Cemetery N7000: Grave 7170
GRAVE: 7170 GRID SQUARE: D-6 SPATIAL CLUSTER: 5 TIME PHASE: 0
# BURIALS: 2 GRAVE SHAPE: Ovoid AZIMUTH: 30 W LENGTH: 0.9
WIDTH: 0.6 GRAVE ARCHITECTURE: None CERAMICS: None found PALETTE: None found
OTHER: None found COMMENTS: Contemporary burials.
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Burials in Grave 7170
Grave Burial UCLMA
Number		 Age Sex Age / Sex by Burial Position Disturbance
Location		 Upper
Matting		 Lower
Matting		 Ceramics Palette Other
Artifacts		 Comments
7170 A Sub-adult Unknown/unrecorded Lythgoe/n.s. Flexed, left side Head/neck Not present. Type I None found None found None found Contemp. with B, on common lower mat; large rock.
7170 B Old adult Female A. Lythgoe Flexed, left side Head/neck Not present. Type I None found None found None found Contemp. with A, on common lower mat; large rock.
C14 Samples from Grave 7170
Grave Burial Item Description Sample # Raw Date 1 Σ Calibrated 2 Σ Calibrated Confidence Action
7170 B Cloth. AA36019 5017 +/- 67 3940 BC (29.7%) 3850 BC
3810 BC (38.5%) 3700 BC		 3960 BC (95.4%) 3660 BC Medium Full Record
Ceramics in Grave 7170
Grave Burial UCLMA
Card #		 Original
Item #		 Adjusted
Item #		 Record
Status		 Corpus
Form		 Item
Description		 Location Shape Ware
Type		 Rim
Diam.		 Max
Diam.		 Base
Diam.		 Height
7170 7170-i 7170-i No catalog card ever made at UCLMA. Bowl Red bowl, BkPol int. Fill Bowl, dish, or cup P
Organic Artifacts in Grave 7170
Grave Burial UCLMA
Card #		 Original
Item #		 Adjusted
Item #		 Record Status Item
Description		 Location Illustration Comments
7170 B 6-12027 7170 7170-2 Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match. Cloth Chest Fragments of very finely woven cloth. Discussed in L&D.