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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Cervical vertebra
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Symmetry Central
Id # 15803.F375
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 375
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Young
Animal Size Medium
Surface Condition Slight weathering (still in fairly good shape but somewhat worn, surface dull and slightly soft)
Origin Of Fragmentation Mostly predepositional, some recent (some modern breaks, but can still assess original greatest length)
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 3.0
Location Storage
General Comments age= unfused prox art. with vertebral body
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2008-08-13
Fragment Size Epiphysis
Proximal / distal Proximal articulation
Fusion Unfused
Fragmentation Indeterminate
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 Proximal End
Description X3 is a large piece of antler. X12 is a young cattle maxilla. X2, X4, X9 and X10 are bone points.(KP: worked bone is X8 not X9 and X13 is also recorded as Bos/Bison skull by NR). Big unit from infill layer on the floor of Space 326 (Building 74). Dry
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2007-07-24
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 17361 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 15803". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/21f811eb-ede4-4673-a486-ab35772c6888> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2br8pj6p

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