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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Phase 5A
Side midline
Sex sex could not be determined
Peeling absent
Recovery Year 1998.0
Context Death Pit
Body Section 1 skull
Body Section 2 unassociated cranial fragment
Skeletal Element unassociated cranial fragment, frontal
Age Category adolescent or adult of indeterminate age
NISP 1
Element Size less than 25% of a complete element present
Cranium: Pre-conjoin Completeness less than 25% complete
Cranium: Post Conjoin Completeness absent
Vault: Indeterminate Squama absent
Frontal: Right Supraorbital Torus absent
Frontal: Left Supraorbital Torus absent
Frontal: Glabella absent
Frontal: Squama present
Frontal: Temporal Lines absent
Sphenoid absent
Right Nasal absent
Left Nasal absent
Right Zygomatic absent
Left Zygomatic absent
Right Palatine absent
Left Palatine absent
Ethmoid absent
Right Lacrimal absent
Left Lacrimal absent
Surface Exposure/ Readability 50-75%
Matrix Adhesion generalized (over entire surface)
Surface Degradation Stage No evidence of bone surface degradation due to weathering or thermal exposure
Surface Degradation Type Absent
Surface Degradation Extent not available/not applicable
Degredation Association W/ Thermal Exposure not available/not applicable
Irregular Bones: Color/extent Mottled dark red brown; Generalized (over large areas or entire surface)
Tooth Mark Type: Location absent
Has note Human bone specimen have identifiers of a sequence of 2-3 numbers separated by periods (Lot #.Specimen #.Further identifier. Note 1: specimen numbers starting with -0- are lab generated numbers for specimens collected in large bone bags; the number of additional specimen identifiers is related to number of specimens in recovery bags
Cutmark Location not available/not applicable
Cutmark # 0
Cutmark Type absent
Human Bone Death Pit Coding Methods
Suggested Citation

Suellen Gauld. (2010) "1938.6a from Asia/Turkey/Domuztepe/I/Lot 1938". In Domuztepe Excavations. Elizabeth Carter, Stuart Campbell (Ed). Released: 2010-07-31. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4ebf0cdd-4760-47a0-22d3-1447b6e861fc> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2s18201f

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