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Digital Object 2205
Description:
EU161. Deposit of artefacts. The matrix is a dark grey soil, organic and with roots, fine granulometry and high compaction. It was located in the S corner of the lower vessel of tomb T2. It occupies a strip of about 2.5 x 0.6 meters (E-W / N-S) and has an average power of 55 cm. It contains a group of bone flutes, two stone bars, carved sperm whales´ teeth, artifacts made with perforated shark teeth, gold tubular beads, spherical gold beads and green stone beads, as well as axes and adzees. These materials appear markedly vertical. We consider it to be an offering placed next to the burial, inside a basket or package.
Conservation treatment:
 
The flutes were consolidated with Butvar B98 in Ethanol on Japanese paper in order to keep the small bone fragments in position at the time of restoration. The small fragments detached from the flutes during the excavation process were stored in bags with the attached context information. The whole unit was then lifted en bloc with the objective of excavating it later in the laboratory. Elastic plastic, cotton, aluminium foil and plaster were used. It was transported to the laboratory in a recycled cardboard box after being packed with bubble wrap.

Consolidated by Carlos Mayo.
Excavation campaign:
 
2013
Record type:
 
Stratigraphic unit register
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 2
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Offering
Stratigraphic unit (characteristics):
 
161
Digital Object 2205
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