Flexed child (around 8 years old) inhumation (Context 96) from the Natufian Phases at the site of Shubayqa 1, eastern Jordan.
The burial lies in shallow cut and rested on a rubble layer. It is positioned immediately below a basalt paved surface adjacent to the hearth of Structure 2 (13,300-13,200 cal BP). Lower limbs and pelvis were in poor condition with the feet missing.
This model is #6 of 10 sequences taken during the excavation of burial. Processed with using Agisoft Photoscan 1.4.1 from 70 dng iamges. Scaled with metric scalebars. Position to local site grid with fixed targets and total station survey. Decimated model from ~1.3million to 200,000 polygons in Agisoft. 4K Normal map baked using Blender.org.
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Read the associated article: Ochre, Ground Stone, and Wrapping the Dead in the Late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant: Revealing the Funerary Practices at Shubayqa 1, Jordan
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