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Digital Object 2026
Description:
T7-I22. Sex not determined due to the fact that it is an infant individual. Age: infant. Based on the development and eruption of the teeth, it was an individual of about 12 years +/- 30 months of age. Based on the length of the left femur, height would have been between 135-145 cm, depending on the sex.

Individual located beneath Individual I1. Individual I22 was located on the NW side of the tomb. The head is in the north corner of the tomb. The orientation of the body was SW-NE (head-feet). The position of the body is lying in a prone position, slightly curved at hip level, where the legs are slightly towards the SW, slightly adapting to the contour of the tomb at its NW edge.

Fragments of the skull, some anatomically positioned and closely connected thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and the entire left leg, with the exception of the foot, were recovered. The anatomical connections are close in all the recovered parts. The individual was buried in densely packed space.
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:
 
I22
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:
 
12 years old
Digital Object 2026
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