Tarkhan II (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: W. M. Flinders Petrie
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527725676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Excerpt from Tarkhan II It is obvious that there has been a pathway up the valley, which was generally kept clear of burials in a few points, encroachments were made upon it, which can be dated in the case of grave 1441 which is of sd. 80, while 1357 and 1463 at the sides are of sd. 78. Thus when graves were perhaps fifty years old they were disregarded, the path swerved over them, and a later burial occupied the former path. The method of Clearing this cemetery has not influenced our finding of graves more in one position than another. The valley was divided into parallel strips of fifty feet wide across it; every pair of diggers began at the north end of their strip and worked southward until it proved to be exhausted. Thus the pathway was crossed by each digger in his course of work. It was necessary to give every man his own section, in order to avoid their crowding together around any successful work. Every man wished to exhaust his own ground, and to prevent any one else poaching in it, and the whole was thoroughly explored. For purposes of planning, an axis-line was marked out from end to end of the valley, and a supplementary line at 100 feet north of that, for the more northerly parts. Each grave when opened was drawn on the register-card at its correct azimuth on the ground; the distance of the ne. Corner was then measured up to the axis, and along to the nearest boundary of the 50-foot strip; the length, breadth, and depth were then noted. The position of the Skeleton and the pottery was drawn on the back of the card. Notes were filled in about disturbance, direction of head and face, sex, Clothing, coffin old types of pottery or stone vases were identified from a set of plates of types, and recorded on the card, as well as any other objects found in the grave. The bones were then measured, removed, and the ground finally searched for beads and other small objects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.