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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Rib
Taxon Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Id # 12278.F179
Letter 2014-04-02
Find Number 179
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Location Of Burning Shaft
Type Of Burning Burnt
Color Of Burning Mixed high+low temperature (black and/or brown and gray, white, blue and/or green)
Surface Condition Slight weathering (still in fairly good shape but somewhat worn, surface dull and slightly soft)
Origin Of Fragmentation Predepositional (all old breaks)
Number Of Pieces 1
Number Of Elements 1
Weight (g) 1.0
Length (cm) 2.0
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Date Recorded 2007-06-30
Fragment Size Less than 1/4
Proximal / distal Shaft
Fusion Indeterminate
Fragmentation Indeterminate
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 11590 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/f57ca820-4a6c-4bd4-8c23-962a9178c9bd> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2dn42134

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