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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Metatarsal III+IV
Taxon Ovis/Capra
Id # 15803.X2
Letter 2014-04-03
Find Number 2
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)
Number Of Pieces 1
Weight (g) 2.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Artifacts + Measurements
Length (cm) 0.0
Location Storage
General Comments Point
Body Portion Lowerlimb
Size Class Sheep-size (medium dog to medium sheep)
Date Recorded 2007-07-31
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
Element Portion Distal End
Shape Modification Point
Temporal Typology Point
Completeness Modern break
Splitting Split
Tip Angle (degrees) 0.0
Number Of Perforations 0
Pattern Of Perforations 0
Reuse Resharpening
Tip Wear -
Base Treatment Moderate abrasion
Hafting hafted
Bone Artifacts Comments Abraded point on split distal metapodial; tip missing, modern break; probably complete in ground. Condyle abraded on all four side, least on the outer, to round nearly to a cylinder. Also on distal to flatten verticillus somewhat. Wear on high spots ma
Bone Artifacts Date Recorded 2007-08-11
Description X3 is a large piece of antler. X12 is a young cattle maxilla. X2, X4, X9 and X10 are bone points.(KP: worked bone is X8 not X9 and X13 is also recorded as Bos/Bison skull by NR). Big unit from infill layer on the floor of Space 326 (Building 74). Dry
Recording (level Of Study Recorded For This Unit) Long form
Depositional Context -
Faunal Unit Description Date Recorded 2007-07-24
Suggested Citation

Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska, Nerissa Russell. (2013) "Bone 17397 from Asia/Turkey/Çatalhöyük/Mound East/Area TP/Unit 15803". In Çatalhöyük Area TP Zooarchaeology. Arek Marciniak (Ed). Released: 2013-03-02. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/fa125042-d544-4898-4171-6d95b68538b9> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20p0zt1b

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