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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Rib
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Symmetry Indeterminate
Id # 13079.F163
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 163
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning All present
Type Of Burning Partly calcined
Color Of Burning Mixed high+low temperature (black and/or brown and gray, white, blue and/or 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) 3.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-07-29
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
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 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 13810 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/42910d68-daf3-4f21-d4a9-954d233675c1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2bc3w16r

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