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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Humerus
Taxon Lepus
Symmetry Left
Id # 11544.F181
Letter 2014-04-01
Find Number 181
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
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 Predepositional (all old breaks)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Diagnostic Zones 1.0
Weight (g) 1.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 3.0
Pictures Photo
Location Storage
General Comments Hellenistic?
Body Portion Upperlimb
Size Class Hare-size (rabbit to medium dog)
Date Recorded 2010-07-18
Fragment Size Between 1/4 and 1/2
Proximal / distal Distal end
Fusion Fused
Fragmentation One end + shaft
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 Distal End
Shape Modification Cut + break
Temporal Typology Waste
Completeness Complete
Splitting Unsplit
Tip Angle (degrees) 0.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse Not reused
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment -
Bone Artifacts Comments Distal hare humerus with remains of cut+break to make beads with the shaft. Also a couple of false starts more distally. They are not as clear as I would like, but I think these are metal cuts, making this Hellenistic. But the technique is completely c
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2011-07-21
Description pit infill, C14 study 2010 Huge unit. Dry sieve material - recorded completely. Neolithic-tools (knucklebones, digested bone was used to working), bird bone (sternum), human bone (V metacarpal), fish, mussell shell are also present. Unit consists with n
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2010-07-17
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska. (2013) "Bone 9617 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 11544". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/cf1bccb5-a0a0-4406-6173-3dd71b2a8202> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2qr4qw6g

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