Plan of Tell el-Farʿah Chamber Tomb 902
Plan of Tell el-Farʿah Chamber Tomb 902 Fig. 3. Plan of Tell el-Farʿah Chamber Tomb 902 (Petrie 1930: pl. 13) (courtesy of UCL Institute of Archaeology). In the 900 cemetery, chamber tombs were spaced evenly along the slope, while pit and shaft graves were somewhat randomly distributed between and around them. The LB IIB–Early Iron I graves in the 500 cemetery were located among Iron IB graves in one section of the cemetery and spatially distinct from those of the Middle Bronze Age. In all cemeteries, the orientation of the graves was not uniform, with north–south represented in a little more than half. After the facility was prepared, the deceased was placed in the grave (see table 2). Nearly all were laid out extended on their backs, with their hands most often placed on the pelvis. In keeping with the variable orientation of the graves, head direction was also not consistent, although the majority faced south. Most of the deceased were placed alone in the graves....