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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Metatarsal III+IV
Taxon Ovis
Id # 13532.X36
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 36
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Juvenile/subadult
Animal Size Medium
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
Weight (g) 3.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 6.0
Location Storage
General Comments Point; not really an epiphyseal line, but looks llike it fused fairly recently.
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2009-07-03
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Distal end
Fusion Fused
Fragmentation End + 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
Postcranial Comments 1 condyle and shaft
Element Portion Distal End
Shape Modification Point
Temporal Typology Point
Completeness Complete
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 20.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse Not reused
Tip Wear Battered
Base Treatment Moderate abrasion
Bone Artifacts Comments Short, thick point, anterior and posterior sides of the condyle are flattened, extreme tip broken away, old break. NR
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2009-08-22
Description Tools only. X28 is a lovely carved hairpin or spatula. X36 is a bone point. X42 seems to be a large bead.
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Partial (e.g., only bone tools or special finds)
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2008-08-12
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 15010 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 13532". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7409c8fc-c2c4-43aa-cc67-748e43e9dae7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2k35ph57

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