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Thesaurus Term/Concept: FLEXED INHUMATION

Identifier 70035
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A form of inhumation in which the skeleton is interred, usually on its side, with hip and knee joints bent through an angle of less than 90 degrees.

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Context Record
Monument Type MEX38158 Bronze Age ('Beaker period') round barrow ('Barrow 3'), burial and finds assemblage, Mucking (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039891 Inhumation at 3 Beverley Road, Colchester (Monument)