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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Rib
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Id # 17656.F12
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 12
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Number Of Pieces 7
Weight (g) 3.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Modification
Length (cm) 0.0
Pictures Photo
Location Storage
General Comments photo cut marks
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2010-06-22
Fragment Size Indeterminate
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation Cylinder
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
Cuts: Shaft, Anterior/posterior Anterior/ventral
Cut Type Chop
Cut Depth Light
Cut Interpretation Dismemberment
Modification Comments two small chop marks on ventral side of the rib, dismemberment, RS-3 Binford
Description platform, B81 Tiny unit. Dry sieve material - recorded completely. One tools?also present. Range of taxa/ animal size: mostly sheep size and cow size shaft splinter and ribs, indeterminate fragments. Diagnostics 3 pieces. Diagnostics: Mostly indetermina
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2010-06-22
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak. (2013) "Bone 18613 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 17656". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0abd4739-ab38-449b-c413-ed4766524a6f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23t9g813

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