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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Id # 13079.F391
Letter 2014-04-02
Find Number 391
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Probable
Animal Size Medium
Surface Condition Slight weathering (still in fairly good shape but somewhat worn, surface dull and slightly soft)
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Location Storage
General Comments The tip of a point on a sheep-sized long bone.
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2006-07-31
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation Shaft splinter
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
Shape Modification Point
Temporal Typology Point
Completeness Modern break
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 10.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment -
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2006-08-03
Description This is a moderate size unit, with mostly sheep-size bone and a very little cattle, plus one or two fragments of pig, equid, fox and dog. There is a single specimen each of fish, micromammal and bird, plus a fragment of tortoise. All body zones are repres
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2006-07-26
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Liz Henton, David Orton. (2013) "Bone 14039 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 13079". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/dec4ed61-aad4-49ae-55e3-5511df7b5254> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25t3j36f

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