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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Metapodial III+IV
Taxon Ovis/Capra/Capreolus
Id # 15808.X1
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 1
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Infantile/juvenile
Animal Size Medium
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) 3.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 8.0
Location Storage
General Comments Abraded point on unfused distal metapodial.
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2009-07-05
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Distal end+shaft (extending more than 1/3 the length of the bone)
Fusion Unfused
Fragmentation End + 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
Postcranial Comments Epiphysis missing, not present in ground, and seems to have been absent for at least the later part of use
Element Portion Distal End
Shape Modification Point
Temporal Typology Point
Completeness Complete
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 8.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse Resharpening
Tip Wear Rounded
Base Treatment -
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2009-08-25
Description Tools only. X1 is a bone point. F1-3 pulled in error for C14, recorded and returned. F3 is human.
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Partial (e.g., only bone tools or special finds)
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2009-07-05
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 17409 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 15808". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/14ba6696-3f2b-4069-e2c9-79d761f317f7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jm25j37

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