Burials in the Christian tradition
The photo on the left is a grave for an adult, which was cut from a higher level when the central feature was buried beneath about half a metre of sand, but the grave marker would have still protruded through the sand, possibly standing to over a metre high, before being later snapped off.
This posed a problem during the excavation. Just because burials are in one layer, does not necessarily mean they were buried at the same time as another burial or feature.
Almost all the burials were in the Christian tradition, which is to say aligned east-west, head at the west, extended and on their backs (supine), but there were a few anomalies.
The image on the left, above shows a flexed and face-down (prone) adult.
The next image shows a double face-down (prone), their heads had been removed by a later dug pit. Usually prone burials were given to people who had been either very pious or very naughty!
The last image shows what is thought to be a “bag-burial”.
