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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Id # 13532.X28
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 28
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 3.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Location Storage
General Comments Carved base of hairpin or spatula
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Date Recorded 2008-08-12
Fragment Size Indeterminate
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
Shape Modification Rounded point
Temporal Typology Rounded point
Completeness Modern break
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 0.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse Not reused
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment -
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2008-08-13
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 15009 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/76c130dc-3cc3-40a2-d579-1c95829c4ced> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fb4zq2k

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