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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Id # 12200.F352
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 352
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
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 Predepositional (all old breaks)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Modification
Length (cm) 2.0
Pictures Scan
Location Storage
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-07-11
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation Shaft splinter
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
Cuts: Shaft, Anterior/posterior Indeterminate
Cuts: Shaft, Medial/lateral Indeterminate
Cut Type Cut
Tool Material Chipped stone
Cut Depth Light
Cut Interpretation Filleting
Modification Comments One transverse, shallow, short(4mm) mark mid-shaft. As the bone has been digested there is the possibility that this is not a cut. If it is, then it is probably filleting.
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 10736 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/5526b11d-4128-418f-fa98-86c99b63f62b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2j09z90m

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