Frog bones
Description
Like other bones, frog bones have a porous structure; flaky or shiny surface; white/milky or yellow in color; some brown spotting (from soil matrix). You need some kind of diagnostic element (teeth, etc.) to identify frog. This image shows larger piece that would not be in a microsample, however some vertebrae and ribs could.
Creator(s)
Catherine P. Foster
Site
Kenan Tepe
Area
G
Trench
9
Locus/Basket
8
Item/Sample Number
2
Context
oven
Date
Late Chalcolithic/Uruk (3600-3000 BCE)
Retrieval Method(s)
Flotation
Lab Equipment
Hand sort
Light Source
None
Dimensions
>2 - 10 mm
Material
bone
Type
frog
Original Format
microartifact
Contributor
Catherine P. Foster
Citation
Catherine P. Foster, "Frog bones," in MicroCommons, Item #63, http://www.microcommons.org/items/show/63 (accessed May 19, 2013).
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