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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Thoracic vertebra
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Symmetry Central
Id # 15269.F121
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 121
Sample Number 2
Recovery Method Flotation, 4 mm sieve
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
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2008-08-07
Fragment Size Between 1/4 and 1/2
Proximal / distal Vertebral body
Fusion Unfused
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
Postcranial Comments distal unfused
Element Portion Vertebral Body
Description Building 74, space 320, oven rubble in interpretive category. This is small unit which has mostly sheep size and cow size shaft splinters and indeterminate bones. There are among diagnostic bones of sheep/ goat (scapula, radius, ulna, skull pieces, phalan
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2008-08-06
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska. (2013) "Bone 16855 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 15269". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c6f43e50-2679-44e5-ef32-6d1a39473264> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2t729j5j

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