5th May 2008, 01:58 PM
I would have thought that is is not usually possible to determine (on site) whether the deceased had been placed in the coffin prior to burial. If off-site surely the process is not part of the recorded stratigraphic sequence, in the same way as the manufature of say a pot is not? Deposition of the coffin and contents is a single act. Fill(s) of the grave (cut) follow.