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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Thoracic vertebra
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Symmetry Central
Id # 12205.F98
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 98
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Fetal/neonate
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning All present
Type Of Burning Calcined
Color Of Burning Gray
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Origin Of Fragmentation Whole
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 1.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2005-07-08
Fragment Size Complete
Proximal / distal Vertebral body
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
Postcranial Comments Unfused vertebral arch.
Element Portion Vertebral Body
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 10133 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/23e0d9b2-14e8-4d2b-eacb-e66851dab539> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23r0s00n

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