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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Astragalus (talus, tibial tarsal)
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Symmetry Left
Id # 15803.F43
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 43
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Digestion Digested
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
Number Of Diagnostic Zones 1.0
Weight (g) 2.0
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2008-08-11
Fragment Size Between 1/2 and 3/4
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation Indeterminate
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
Description X3 is a large piece of antler. X12 is a young cattle maxilla. X2, X4, X9 and X10 are bone points.(KP: worked bone is X8 not X9 and X13 is also recorded as Bos/Bison skull by NR). Big unit from infill layer on the floor of Space 326 (Building 74). Dry
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2007-07-24
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 17029 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 15803". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b3d925f9-eed5-4a52-d95d-754288d92497> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2b56g714

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