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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Metatarsal III+IV
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Id # 13581.X1
Letter 2014-04-02
Find Number 1
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning All present
Type Of Burning Calcined
Surface Condition Very slight weathering (bone in good shape with sharp edges on breaks and hard, slightly shiny surface)
Origin Of Fragmentation Postdepositional
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
General Comments Base of abraded point; calcined dark gray.
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2009-07-05
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Distal end
Fusion Fused
Fragmentation End + 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
Postcranial Comments 1 condyle and a bit of shaft
Element Portion Distal End
Shape Modification Point
Temporal Typology Point
Completeness less than 25%
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 0.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse -
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment Heavy abrasion
Bone Artifacts Comments Small split metapodial tool base, probably a point. Burnt and carbonized. NR 2010: Abraded on all 4 faces of base to flatten with slight rounding.
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2009-08-23
Description Tools only. X1 is a bone piont.
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Partial (e.g., only bone tools or special finds)
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2009-07-05
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 15164 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 13581". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ed0e9cdb-4bd0-4660-9936-6630aacd2a07> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2028rh05

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