Cow (Bos taurus) Rib Bone with Butchery Marks

Two pieces of a partially cut, and then broken, cow (Bos taurus) rib. The cut pieces mend suggesting the butchering was happening in the same location the bone was discarded. The rib is likely the second, or third rib.

Object number needed.

• Object number

  97.

• Animals/objects

  Cow (Bos taurus)

  Mammal (Mammalia)

• Category

  Food Related

• Class

  Fauna

• Material

  Bone

• Context

  Lot 11, Test Cut H: Greenish Brown Sandy Silt (624.97)

• Forms

  Trunk

  Unknown

  Middle