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Two of the three femurs found in cremation urn KM 2903.

Mixed with the ashes are three femurs (two left and one right), all female. This indicates that there are at least two individuals' cremated remains in this assemblage. By examining the surviving pieces of the skulls, the ages of the women can be estimated. One was approximately forty years old and the other was in her mid-twenties.

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