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Secondary burial and body-processing contexts

Sayburç has reported secondary burial and body-treatment evidence involving skulls, long bones, burning, and building contexts.

Site: SayburçKnown For: The Burial Evidence
The Sayburç excavation. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.)

The Sayburç excavation. (Site view; not a photograph of this find.) — Wikimedia Commons

What's actually there

Human remains are reported in three clusters in the southern domestic area. The clearest published details mention secondary burials, burning, skull fragments, long bones, and one cluster of six individuals.

What to notice

Three human-remain clusters in the southern region Domestic-structure context Secondary burial evidence with burning One cluster is described as six individuals Skull fragments and long bones are specifically important Exact structures and loci still need fuller publication detail

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Last reviewed 21 July 2026. Something wrong?