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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Long bone
Taxon Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Id # 12278.F49
Letter 2014-04-02
Find Number 49
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning Whole bone
Type Of Burning Carbonized
Color Of Burning Mixed high temperature (gray, white, blue green)
Surface Condition Moderate weathering (surface cracks or flaking or powdery surface deterioration)
Origin Of Fragmentation Mostly predepositional, some recent (some modern breaks, but can still assess original greatest length)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Unidentified
Size Class Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Date Recorded 2007-06-27
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
Description Small unit. Quite fragmented. Unit contains mostly sheep-size fragments. There are some cattle-size fragments as well. These fragments are mostly long bone scrap, but there are some cattle teeth, and one worked(?) cattle MC distal end. This MC end is com
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2006-07-06
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Arzu Demirergi, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 11461 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 12278". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ec3b6aa1-8eb5-41bf-f45e-0440ec771a0e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20v8cn5r

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