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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Phase 5A
Side right
Sex female
Peeling absent
Recovery Year 1998.0
Context Death Pit
Body Section 1 skull
Body Section 2 unassociated cranial fragment
Skeletal Element unassociated cranial fragment, temporal
Age Category adolescent or adult of indeterminate age
Min Age 12.0
Age Range (text Notes) Min: >12; Max: (Not determined) ;
NISP 1
Element Size less than 25% of a complete element present
Cranium: Pre-conjoin Completeness less than 25% complete
Cranium: Post Conjoin Completeness absent
Vault: Indeterminate Squama absent
Right Temporal Squama present
Right Temporal Mastoid present
Sphenoid absent
Right Nasal absent
Left Nasal absent
Right Zygomatic absent
Left Zygomatic absent
Right Palatine absent
Left Palatine absent
Ethmoid absent
Right Lacrimal absent
Left Lacrimal absent
Surface Exposure/ Readability 50-75%
Matrix Adhesion generalized (over entire surface)
Surface Degradation Stage Degradation Stage 1: mild-moderate surface deterioration
Surface Degradation Type Exfoliation/cancellous bone exposure
Surface Degradation Extent localized
Degredation Association W/ Thermal Exposure Surficial damage associated with thermal exposure
Irregular Bones: Color/extent Mottled dark red brown; Localized
Tooth Mark Type: Location absent
Has note Human bone specimen have identifiers of a sequence of 2-3 numbers separated by periods (Lot #.Specimen #.Further identifier. Note 1: specimen numbers starting with -0- are lab generated numbers for specimens collected in large bone bags; the number of additional specimen identifiers is related to number of specimens in recovery bags
Cutmark Location temporal: squama; right
Cutmark # 1
Cutmark Type Slice; Full/perfect expression
NISP (human) 2.0
Taxon Homo sapiens
Element 1 (human) cranium
Exterior Color
Sex (human) NA
Interior Color
Human Bone ID 1938/0.6a
Cutmarks Present
Element 2 (human) temporal
Age Category (human) NA
Side (human) M
Human Bone Death Pit Coding Methods
Suggested Citation

Suellen Gauld. (2010) "1938.0.6a from Asia/Turkey/Domuztepe/I/Lot 1938". In Domuztepe Excavations. Elizabeth Carter, Stuart Campbell (Ed). Released: 2010-07-31. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8ef9f1f7-e862-730e-d689-c70b52a0f93d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27946x5d

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