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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Metapodial III+IV
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Id # 13543.F24
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 24
Sample Number 2
Recovery Method Flotation, 4 mm sieve
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Age Fetal/neonate
Animal Size Medium
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Origin Of Fragmentation Mostly predepositional, some recent (some modern breaks, but can still assess original greatest length)
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 4.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2007-07-14
Fragment Size Between 1/4 and 1/2
Proximal / distal Distal end+shaft (extending more than 1/3 the length of the bone)
Fusion Unfused
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 tube, unfused centrally
Element Portion Distal End
Description Recorded under the new streamlined rules instituted today. This was an area of burning next to a bone concentration (13545) in TP. There is little dry-sieved material. Some of the bones are burnt, mostly the smaller ones. But much is not, just worn an
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Consumption Context Daily consumption
Depositional Context Tertiary
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2007-07-14
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 15037 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 13543". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a1d27a94-93fc-4311-04f3-7e82efb555f6> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fj2cg93

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