This would matter later for certain questions about the burial’s exact nature, but the association between the human remains and the artifacts was established by multiple lines of evidence, and the site’s overall character as an intentional burial became clear through subsequent analysis.

The human remains that were recovered were fragmentary.

They consisted primarily of cranial and postcranial bone fragments, all heavily stained with red ochre.

The fragmentary nature of the remains made it initially difficult to determine the age of the individual with precision, but subsequent analysis by physical anthropologists established that the remains belonged to a very young child — most likely between one and three years of age, with estimates toward the younger end of that range being supported by some analyses of the bone development.

Red ochre — powdered iron oxide — was present throughout the burial context and had been used to coat many of the artifacts as well as the human remains themselves.