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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Loose upper tooth
Taxon Sus scrofa
Symmetry Right
Id # 12278.X2
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 2
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Juvenile
Animal Size Medium
Digestion Digested
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Origin Of Fragmentation Mostly predepositional, some recent (some modern breaks, but can still assess original greatest length)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 3.0
Location Storage
General Comments Perforated.
Body Portion Skull
Size Class Pig-size
Date Recorded 2006-07-06
Shape Modification Perforated
Temporal Typology Bead
Completeness greater than 75%
Splitting Unsplit
Tip Angle (degrees) 0.0
Number Of Perforations 2
Pattern Of Perforations End
Reuse Not reused
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment Slight rounding or flattening
Hafting unhafted
Bone Artifacts Comments Perforated juvenile pig right upper tooth. The anterior side of the root was perforated from the outside using a cryptocrystalline stone drill. The posterior side of the root was perforated from the outside using a cryptocrystalline stone drill. The en
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2006-07-09
Description Small unit. Quite fragmented. Unit contains mostly sheep-size fragments. There are some cattle-size fragments as well. These fragments are mostly long bone scrap, but there are some cattle teeth, and one worked(?) cattle MC distal end. This MC end is com
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2006-07-06
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Measurement Set 9
As preserved (for artifacts only)
  • 4.4
  • 5.9
  • 7.4
  • 25.7
  • 9.8
See comment 2.4
Measurements Comments 9 is the perforation through one side of the root (the bottom when reading the GID number), and 11 is what remains of the perforation through the other.
Recorded By Arzu Demirergi, Nerissa Russell (tools)
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Arzu Demirergi, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 11827 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 12278". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/44788214-fd43-4226-b6fd-ba7adaa37b55> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2959fc6r

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