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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Metapodial III+IV
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Id # 6823.F45
Letter 2014-03-31
Find Number 45
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Digestion Not digested
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
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
General Comments it is worked bone. {Base of probable point. Changed weathering, added weight. - NR 2001}
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-06-28
Fragment Size Epiphysis
Proximal / distal Distal articulation
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation End 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 Distal End
Shape Modification Point
Temporal Typology Point
Completeness less than 25%
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 0.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse -
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment Heavy abrasion
Bone Artifacts Comments Base of point, could be hairpin or whatever. Made by abrasion, creating section by removing anterior and posterior faces, leaving flat piece. Highly eroded, only epiphysis area here. No microwear preserved, only a little polish.
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2006-06-28
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 1688 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/5f7b221a-e615-4b1a-b7e1-cc7e599c613e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25q4tv7f

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