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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Humerus
Taxon Bos sp.
Symmetry Right
Id # 17809.X6
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 6
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Adult
Animal Size Medium
Surface Condition Moderate weathering (surface cracks or flaking or powdery surface deterioration)
Origin Of Fragmentation Mostly predepositional, some recent (some modern breaks, but can still assess original greatest length)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Diagnostic Zones 1.0
Weight (g) 206.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Measurements
Length (cm) 13.0
Pictures Photo
Location Storage
General Comments and slight weathering on the other side.
Body Portion Upperlimb
Size Class Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Date Recorded 2010-07-07
Fragment Size Between 1/4 and 1/2
Proximal / distal Distal end+shaft (extending more than 1/3 the length of the bone)
Fusion Fused
Fragmentation One end + shaft
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 Distal End
Description Category: a big concentration of animal bones, placed in the SE corner of space 346, direclty to the east from the platform 17813, and south to the oven 17821. It contained a big number of animal bones mainly cattle (X1, X4, X11 scapula, X13 fragment of l
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Consumption Context Special
Depositional Context Secondary
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2009-07-19
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska. (2013) "Bone 19339 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 17809". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/3b50c739-eedb-4d2e-4bb5-255c11574eea> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2v69bd7r

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