Digital Object 2025
Description:
T7-I21. Sex not determined as it is a subadult individual. Age: Subadult based on the recovered epiphyses, diaphysis sizes and vertical diameter of the right femoral head, between 13 and 15 years of age. Height: could not be determined.
Individual located beneath Individual I31. Individual I21 was located on the NE side of the grave, near the north corner of the tomb.
Only the entire left leg and the right tibia and fibula were recovered from this individual. The body was parallel to the main axis of the tomb, turned slightly to the west. The orientation of the body was SE-NW (head-feet), although the rest of the skeleton was not preserved.
All the preserved bones were in an anatomical position and with close connections in all the recovered joints, especially evident in the tarsi and metatarsals of the left foot. That is why it is thought that they were buried in a densely packed space.
Although it cannot be certain due to the poor state of conservation of the few pieces recovered, the separation between knees and ankles indicates that the body was not wrapped.
Individual located beneath Individual I31. Individual I21 was located on the NE side of the grave, near the north corner of the tomb.
Only the entire left leg and the right tibia and fibula were recovered from this individual. The body was parallel to the main axis of the tomb, turned slightly to the west. The orientation of the body was SE-NW (head-feet), although the rest of the skeleton was not preserved.
All the preserved bones were in an anatomical position and with close connections in all the recovered joints, especially evident in the tarsi and metatarsals of the left foot. That is why it is thought that they were buried in a densely packed space.
Although it cannot be certain due to the poor state of conservation of the few pieces recovered, the separation between knees and ankles indicates that the body was not wrapped.
Excavation campaign:
2015
Record type:
Individuals (skeletons)
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Archaeological site:
El Caño
Operation:
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
Tomb 7
Stratigraphic unit type:
Interment
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
301
Individual´s forensic data:
I21
Calibrated Age Range:
Cal AD 770 to 905 (Cal BP 1180 to 1045)/Cal AD 920 to 965 (Cal BP 1030 to 985)
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Human bone remains
Location: Tomb and Stratigraphic Unit (UE):
T7-UE301
Forensic information:
Forensic record
Identification: Sex ( / age):
Undetermined
Age:
13 to 15 years old
Digital Object 2025