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Artefacts & Environmental Evidence: The Animal & Fish Bone, Table 11

Table 11: Summary of caprovid 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% 4 100% 0 97% 3 100% 0 99% 1
Distal humerus 33 8 1 0 5 0 5 0 15 0
Proximal radius 41 0 1 0 8 2 5 0 8 0
Early 74 8 2 0 13 2 10 0 23 0
Early 90% 82 100% 2 87% 15 100% 10 100% 23
Phalanx 1&2 69 17 5 0 5 6 3 1 3 1
Distal metacarpal 16 15 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2
intermediate 1 85 32 6 0 7 8 4 2 3 3
intermediate 1 73% 117 100% 6 47% 15 67% 6 50% 6
Distal tibia 32 15 3 0 9 1 3 0 9 1
Distal metatarsal 19 13 0 0 6 1 3 0 3 0
Proximal ulna 9 15 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2
Proximal femur 5 9 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 2
Calcaneus 19 12 0 1 3 2 1 0 5 1
Intermediate 2 84 64 5 2 23 6 9 1 20 6
Intermediate 2 57% 148 71% 7 79% 29 90% 10 77% 26
Distal radius 11 14 0 3 3 3 4 0 2 1
Proximal humerus 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1
Distal femur 5 8 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2
Proximal tibia 7 15 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
Late 26 43 0 4 6 7 6 5 7 5
Late 38% 69 0% 4 46% 13 55% 11 58% 12
Vertebrae 73 144 4 3 7 10 4 8 17 18
Final 34% 217 57% 7 41% 17 33% 12 49% 35
Total Bones   633   26   92   49   103

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