Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Hodder Level Designation(s)	IST.UNASSIGNED
Recording	Fully recorded
Year	2008
Description	This is a small unit, all from flotation (Sample 2, >4mm, 100%: flot # 7915). This unit has entirely sheep-size bones (mostly scrap). Taxonomically identifiable bones are only three: one sheep, two sheep/goat. Sheep/goat and sheep-size animal body part distribution: small amounts of bone from all parts of the body-- cranial (mandible, maxilla, tooth fragments), axial (vertebrae, scapulae and ribs); limbs (long bone splinters), and feet (MT, phalanges). Ca. 65% of the bone is burnt: half and half low- and high-temperature burning. No gnawing, no digestion. Surface conditions are consistently moderate and most breaks occurred prior to excavation. 75% of the bones in the unit are 1 cm long; the other 25% are 2 cm long. There are no bones longer than 2 cm. This unit contained one piece microfauna and one piece fish. The unit just looks like background noise: it’s the bones that were naturally in the dirt that fell into and filled the bin. We looked at this unit because it was the fill of a bin that had two (possibly originally complete) cattle scapulae placed in it. Actually, this unit had a lot of scapula pieces that clearly went with those scapulae and were repatriated to them. The scapulae really belong to the fill, but were given different unit numbers (13937.X1; 13937.X2 and X4 are almost certainly actually the same bone, just opposite ends.). Priority unit 2008. NR 2009: Another bag from apparently the same flot sample has appeared; numbers start at F22. Sample 2 >4m flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. It is a small-moderate size sample, mostly little crumbles. There is a little large mammal, but it is heavily sheep-size. The few diagnostics are mostly sheep/goat, with a small dog/fox-size carnivore metapodial shaft fragment. There is a little digestion, and ca. 40% is burned, mostly low temperature. There is a little microfauna with an intrusive look. Surface condition is somewhat worn. This looks like fill.
Recorded By (initials)	SY, KCT, NR
Recorded By (name)	Serkan Yeni, Katheryn Twiss, Nerissa Russell
Date Recorded	2008-07-20
Has note	The unique identifier for each contextual unit, matching those used in the central Çatalhöyük excavation database and in publications. The excavation uses single-context recording.