Thesaurus Term/Concept: CONTRACTED INHUMATION

Identifier	70032
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A form of inhumation in which the skeleton is interred, usually on its side, with the knees brought up against the chest. This is a more extreme form of crouched inhumation.

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Instances/Examples (15)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MDO18539 Alington Avenue Durotrigian Grave 3408 (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO7998 Bowl Barrow, Ballard Down, Swanage (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO7999 Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow, Ballard Down, Swanage (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO6661 Cist burial, North Road/Overlands Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18646 Dorchester Middle School; Prehistoric Grave 310 (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18086 Flagstones Late Iron Age burial of infant in pit 00302 (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18082 Flagstones Late Iron Age grave 00041 (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18072 Infant burial within the Neolithic enclosure at Flagstones, Dorchester (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18292 Middle Farm; Bronze Age burial 03421 (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18388 Poundbury Late Iron Age / Early Roman Cemetery, Site C (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18389 Poundbury Late Iron Age / Early Roman Cemetery, Site E-F (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO18472 Poundbury Post-Roman grave 1188 (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO19142 Poundbury, Dorchester; Late Roman Infant burial D607 (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX3473 Radipole Lane, Weymouth: pit with a burial (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX3478 Roman grave, 61 Radipole Lane, Weymouth (Monument)