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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Cervical vertebra
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Symmetry Central
Id # 12200.F119
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 119
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning Shaft
Type Of Burning Carbonized
Color Of Burning Black
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) 1.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-07-06
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Vertebral body
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 Vertebral Body
Description This is a smallish unit of moderately weathered mainly sheep-sized bone, with some cattle-sized pieces. Roughly 20% of the unit is diagnostic. Caprines dominate the diagnostic material, with a few cattle. Equid, dog, fish, bird and hare-sized small mammal
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Consumption Context Daily consumption
Depositional Context Secondary
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2006-07-05
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Liz Henton. (2013) "Bone 10506 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 12200". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4e92e291-30fc-443a-1672-29bfacee3d11> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2t729m6x

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