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Artefacts & Environmental Evidence: The Animal & Fish Bone, Table 7

Table 7 Summary of cattle epiphyseal fusion data from Blue Bridge Lane (after Silver 1969)
Period 3 3 4 4 5+6 5+6 7 7 8 8
  Fused Unfused Fused Unfused Fused Unfused Fused Unfused Fused Unfused
Neonatal 99% 5 100% 0 99.0% 1 99% 1 99% 1
Distal humerus 13 3 1 0 3 2 3 1 3 0
Proximal radius 36 0 2 0 6 1 4 2 7 0
Phalanx 1&2 175 35 3 0 23 1 25 3 41 4
Early (18 months) 224 38 6 0 32 4 39 7 51 4
Early (18 months) 85% 262 100% 6 89% 36 82% 46 93% 55
Distal metapodial 62 23 3 0 8 2 5 2 14 3
Distal tibia 19 9 1 1 4 3 1 0 7 3
Calcaneus 19 16 2 1 5 2 0 2 4 2
Intermediate (24-36 months) 100 48 8 2 17 7 10 4 25 8
Intermediate (24-36 months) 68% 148 75% 8 71% 24 60% 14 76% 33
Proximal humerus 5 6 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 0
Distal radius 14 10 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 1
Proximal ulna 4 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Femur 26 12 4 1 5 1 3 3 4 1
Proximal tibia 7 14 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 2
Late (42-48 months) 56 53 7 3 12 5 15 5 10 4
Late (42-48 months) 51% 109 57% 10 71% 17 67% 20 71% 14
Vertebrae 91 127 6 11 24 12 5 10 1 17
Final (5-7 years) 42% 218 35% 17 67% 36 33% 15 6% 18
Total bones   681   41   114   95   120

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