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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Symmetry Indeterminate
Id # 13079.F57
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 57
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning All present
Type Of Burning Burnt
Color Of Burning Mixed low temperature (black and brown)
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 4
Number Of Elements 4
Weight (g) 2.0
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-07-27
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 This is a moderate size unit, with mostly sheep-size bone and a very little cattle, plus one or two fragments of pig, equid, fox and dog. There is a single specimen each of fish, micromammal and bird, plus a fragment of tortoise. All body zones are repres
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2006-07-26
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Liz Henton, David Orton. (2013) "Bone 13704 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 13079". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/35c4178f-7836-4c32-8858-8e80f3a6665e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2n58fq5g

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