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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Element Rib
Taxon Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Id # 15803.F369
Letter 2014-04-02
Find Number 369
Recovery Method dry sieved at 4 mm
Articulation 1
Certainty Certain
Animal Size Medium
Gnawing Light carnivore
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
Weight (g) 3.0
Other Sections (with Data For This Specimen) Modification
Length (cm) 4.0
Pictures Scan
Location Storage
Body Portion Axial
Size Class Cow-size (cattle/red deer/horse)
Date Recorded 2008-08-13
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
Cut Type Cut
Cut Depth Light
Cut Interpretation Consumption
Modification Comments 07 size pieces of rib, several cut marks, light in depth, later damaged by gnawing mark, consumption
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 17355 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/fbac59e1-57f2-4faf-961c-473961f12e7c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29w0c20t

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