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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Rib
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Id # 15217.F26
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 26
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
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) 2.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Modification
Length (cm) 4.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2007-07-16
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Proximal 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
Cuts: Shaft, Anterior/posterior Anterior/ventral + posterior/dorsal
Cuts: Shaft, Medial/lateral Lateral
Cut Type Cut
Tool Material Chipped stone
Cut Depth Medium
Cut Interpretation Consumption
Modification Comments Set of fairly heavy transverse cuts across lateral surface, 2-3 cm from head (missing), almost 2 cm from break. Seem too deep for filleting tenderloin, placement does not seem to work for detaching rib slab, so probably consumption.
Description One C14 samples (Alex research): F48 This is the eastern section of a middeny between-wall deposit, separated by a small wall from 13570. It is perhaps somewhat less middeny, although certainly different from the typical TP fill. It is a smallish unit,
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2007-07-15
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 15292 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 15217". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/bc00a9e7-655a-495b-9186-061a7c7868a9> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jm25k07

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