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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Id # 12205.F140
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 140
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning All present
Type Of Burning Calcined+carbonized
Color Of Burning Mixed high temperature (gray, white, blue green)
Surface Condition Slight weathering (still in fairly good shape but somewhat worn, surface dull and slightly soft)
Origin Of Fragmentation Predepositional (all old breaks)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 1.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2005-07-08
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
Description A moderate-sized unit. Mostly sheep-size animals, although are some cattle-sized as well. Diagnostics reveal mostly sheep/goat, with some cattle and a little bit of dog. For the caprines, a range of body parts are present. A moderate amount of mostly low-
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2005-08-06
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Katheryn Twiss. (2013) "Bone 10175 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 12205". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/193d3cc7-3fe1-486d-9927-c371be5a95f1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2db7xw1r

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