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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Mandible without teeth
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Symmetry Right
Id # 6823.F38
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 38
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Young
Animal Size Medium
Digestion Not digested
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Origin Of Fragmentation Predepositional (all old breaks)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 2.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Modification
Length (cm) 5.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Skull
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-06-28
Cuts: Shaft, Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Cuts: Shaft, Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Cuts: Proximal End, Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Cuts: Proximal End, Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Cuts: Distal End, Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Cuts: Distal End, Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Cuts: Cranial Indeterminate
Cut Type Cut
Tool Material Metal
Cut Depth Medium
Cut Interpretation Filleting
Blows: Shaft Anterior/posterior Indetermiante
Blows: Shaft Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Blows: Proximal Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Blows: Proximal Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Blows: Distal Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Blows: Distal Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Blows: Cranial Indeterminate
Blow Interpretation Indeterminate
Polish: Shaft Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Polish: Shaft Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Polish: Proximal Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Polish: Proximal Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Polish: Distal Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Polish: Distal Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Polish: Cranial Indeterminate
Polish Interpretation Indeterminate
Description There is material from the dry sieve. This unit has animal and human bone. This is tiny unit. This unit has sheep-size scrap and cow-size scrap. Most of the bone is fragmented. There is some bone which is diagnostics. There is a lot of burnt bone of all t
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2006-06-28
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska. (2013) "Bone 1681 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 6823". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/5479ce8a-aacb-4217-6ed8-6622521adef6> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2d797k53

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