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ID  2683  -  Public access
Description :   Tomb T1 is a 27 m³ pit, which contains eight individuals, two of them of high status, an adult of undetermined sex and an infant. They were all buried in extended dorsal decubitus. The tomb contained a total of 197 artefacts of 18 different varieties. The highest-status individual was buried with his body facing north. This was covered with two pectorals; four cuffs; a band woven with clusters of spherical beads; a belt of spherical beads covered in gold leaf which were made of some sort of perishable material now disappeared; a double pendant; a resin doll decorated with gold covers; a bra...
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ID  2684  -  Public access
Description :   Tomb T2 is a 70 m³ pit. It was excavated in a stepped manner in three levels and contains three groups of burials. Five individuals were buried in the first level, three in the second level, and 19 in the third level. All of them were placed in an extended ventral decubitus position. The highest status individual, an adult male, was buried in the middle of the third level with his head facing east and his arms folded over his chest. His grave goods consisted of more than 70 items of gold (including four pectorals and four gold cuffs); copper, stone, bones, and animal teeth. In the center...
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ID  2685  -  Public access
Description :   Tomb T4 is a 60 m³ pit, and contains a burial of 36 individuals . The individual buried with the largest number of artifacts, status markers, was placed with the body facing east, not in the center of the pit, but on its south side next to the wall. He was decapitated and buried with his arms outstretched on both sides of the body. His head was placed beside his shoulders with his face up. His grave goods contained a pectoral, cuffs, pendants of copper and stone, and a belt of spherical beads lined with gold cases, among other artifacts made with animal teeth. Two other individuals with go...
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ID  2686  -  Public access
Description :   Tomb T7 is a 60 m³ pit containing 43 individuals (the MNI of this tomb is currently under review) all buried in an extended ventral decubitus position: 19 males, 7 females, and 16 infants. Two individuals, an infant and an adult male, were persons of high status. The infant had twice as many high-status artifacts (cuffs) so it was thought that his status was greater than that of the high-status adult accompanying him. They were placed in the center with their arms crossed over their chest and their heads facing east. Both had pectorals, cuffs, belts, and pendants - made of gold, copper, an...
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ID  2687  -  Public access
Description :   Five charcoal fragments from Monocotyledoneae, probably from the Arecaceae family. The vascular system of monocotyledons is characterized by structurally well ordered vascular bundles (Tomlinson 2006).
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ID  2688  -  Public access
Description :   Pectoral and cuffs of gold and copper. They are very deteriorated and were found next to a necklace of spherical resin beads wrapped in gold cases.
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ID  2689  -  Public access
Description :   Gold and copper cuffs (2). They were found next to a pectoral (perhaps two pectorals, which cannot be confirmed because the artifact is very deteriorated), and a necklace of spherical resin beads wrapped in gold cases.
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ID  2690  -  Public access
Description :   Gold and copper artifact. Fragmented.
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ID  2691  -  Public access
Description :   Fragments of an object with a laminar appearance manufactured from gold and copper. It is very fragmented.
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ID  2692  -  Public access
Description :   Collection of gold beads (one type, two sizes).
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