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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Id # 8967.F1
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 1
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Gnawing Light carnivore
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Origin Of Fragmentation Predepositional (all old breaks)
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 2.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Modification
Location Storage
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Date Recorded 2009-07-25
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation Shaft splinter
Proximal Portion Present: Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Proximal Portion Present: Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Distal Portion Present: Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Distal Portion Present: Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Element Portion Shaft
Polish: Shaft Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Polish: Shaft Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Polish Interpretation Trample
Modification Comments polished surface, external part of pieces, with scratches, rounded one edge, trampled
Description Category: layer It is a dark layer in S part of an extension around an oven (?) - unit 8968. It consisted of 2 layers- upper one lighter in colour, lower - darker. Tiny unit. Dry sieve material - recorded completely. No tools, bird bone, human bone. Mic
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2009-07-25
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska. (2013) "Bone 9157 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 8967". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/07912f4d-e25b-46cd-f4b4-c7a074a6a2ab> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23j3c64c

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