Title: Archaeological and archaeothanatological overview of the individuals at Tamula cemetery
Corresponding author: Mari Tőrv
Contact Information: mari.torv@ut.ee

Data in the dataset:
No. – number of the order of the burial in the dataset
Grave – number of the grave given by the archaeologists who excavated the material
Year of excavation – the year a particular grave was excavated, these differ since the excavations at Tamula took several seasons
Sex – biological sex of the individual buried into the grave. Sex has been determined according to the methods outlined in the following publications: Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994; Gray Jones 2011.
Age – individual age estimation based on the skeletal remains. It means estimating the age of the individual at the time of death. Age has been determined according to the methods outlined in the following publications: Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994; Scheuer and Black 2000; Gray Jones 2011.
Depth of the grave (from the topsoil) – means how deep was the grave pit with the skeletal remains from the topsoil during the excavations, this usually is reported in the archaeological site report. 
Nature of the burial – a concept used in archaeothanatological analysis; nature of the burial refers to the treatment of the body that preceded the final burial, describing how the deceased was treated during mortuary rituals. One may distinguish between primary and secondary burials. 
Space of decomposition – a concept used in archaeothanatology that refers to the environment immediately surrounding the corpse during decomposition and putrefaction (Nilsson Stutz 2003).
Initial body position – a concept used in archaeothanatology that refers to the 
Additional grave structure – structures in the earthen grave that have still persisted in their material integrity or have perished and their presence can only be assessed through the archaeothanatological analysis.
Grave goods – items placed to the grave to accompany the deceased
Date – date of the burial given in radiocarbon years
14C years (BP) – Uncalibrated radiocarbon date given in years ’before present’ (BP). This date is directly derived from the assumption that the half-life of radiocarbon is 5568 years and the amount of radiocarbon in the atmosphere has been constant.
Lab code – the number given to the sample in the laboratory
Sample material – the exact bone element that was taken to be dated via radiocarbon dating
Reference – publication from where the date data is driven from


Method description for collecting or generating the data, as well as the methods for processing data, if data other than raw data are being contributed:
The report gives an overview of archaeological, osteological and archaeothanatological analysis of the 11 individuals included in the article "Buried at home? Stable isotope analysis of the late hunter-gatherer cemetery population at Tamula, SE Estonia" (Tőrv & Eriksson, 2023). The details of the methods used to generate the report are given in Tőrv 2018.