# Hill Antechamber Feature block (HAA1)

> A plaster-jacketed block containing at least 90 skeletal and 51 dental elements, an articulated foot and hand, and the tool-shaped stone. Imaged by…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/artifacts/ART0D38XM44237Q/hill-antechamber-feature-block-haa1  
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**ART** 0D38XM44237Q·Artifact · sample

# Hill Antechamber Feature block (HAA1)

Video0:25CC BY 4.0Excavated 2017-2018

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/6ce819bdca28c614888d6806788067466fa2c5c7842d35a759abc260fa25cf6c)

![A frame of Hill Antechamber Feature block (HAA1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/6ce819bdca28c614888d6806788067466fa2c5c7842d35a759abc260fa25cf6c/poster)0:25

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[![Hill Antechamber Feature block (HAA1) at 0:18](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/homo-naledi-burials-a-haa-feature-c0-s3)]**0:18**

A plaster-jacketed block containing at least 90 skeletal and 51 dental elements, an articulated foot and hand, and the tool-shaped stone. Imaged by medical CT and synchrotron; not yet fully excavated.

Hawks and Berger, 2017. CC BY 4.0

## Copies 3

**Video** Hawks and Berger · figshare.com · 2025-06-16 · CC BY 4.0Primary source: [Supporting material for Homo naledi burial (Hill Antechamber block visualisation; Hill Antechamber and Dinaledi AVR movie; tool-shaped stone)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38X1AJ3EWZ/supporting-material-for-homo-naledi-burial-hill-antechamber)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://figshare.com/articles/media/Berger_et_al_2025_eLife_Hill_Antechamber_block_visualization_movSupporting_material_for_Homo_naledi_burial/29328881)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/6ce819bdca28c614888d6806788067466fa2c5c7842d35a759abc260fa25cf6c)

**Video** Hawks and Berger · figshare.com · 2025-06-16 · CC BY 4.0Primary source: [Supporting material for Homo naledi burial (Hill Antechamber block visualisation; Hill Antechamber and Dinaledi AVR movie; tool-shaped stone)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38X1AJ3EWZ/supporting-material-for-homo-naledi-burial-hill-antechamber)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://figshare.com/articles/media/Berger_et_al_2025_Homo-naledi_tool-shaped_stone_in_burial_HD_tagged_mp4Supporting_material_for_Homo_naledi_burial/29329025)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/f6b2a86b296e238a0efc88d6388283b96022662087bec266546a72716869c4ad)

**Video** Hawks and Berger · figshare.com · 2025-06-16 · CC BY 4.0Primary source: [Supporting material for Homo naledi burial (Hill Antechamber block visualisation; Hill Antechamber and Dinaledi AVR movie; tool-shaped stone)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38X1AJ3EWZ/supporting-material-for-homo-naledi-burial-hill-antechamber)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://figshare.com/articles/media/Berger_et_al_2025_Hill_Antechamber_Dinaledi_AVR_movie_mp4Supporting_material_for_Homo_naledi_burial/29328911)

## Where it was recorded

[Dinaledi Chamber and Hill Antechamber (U.W. 101)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D38X29T6WX5/dinaledi-chamber-and-hill-antechamber-u-w-101) · Cave chamber

## Sources 1

- [Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38WW6G22RF/evidence-for-deliberate-burial-of-the-dead-by-homo-naledi)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Hill Antechamber Feature block (HAA1) [Artifact ART0D38XM44237Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D38XM44237Q
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Key

**ART** 0D38XM44237Q

Kind

Sample

Held by

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Dated

excavated 2017-2018

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Place

[Dinaledi Chamber and Hill Antechamber (U.W. 101)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D38X29T6WX5/dinaledi-chamber-and-hill-antechamber-u-w-101)

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[Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials)

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