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Artefacts & Environmental Evidence: The Animal & Fish Bone, Table 14

Table 14: Summary of epiphyseal fusion data by period for Blue Bridge Lane pigs
Period	3	3	4	4	5+6	5+6	7	7	8	8
	fused	unfused	fused	unfused	fused	unfused	fused	unfused	fused	unfused
Neonatal	98%	3		0		2		1		3
Distal humerus	5	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
Proximal radius	13	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	4	0
Early	18	4	2	0	2	2	2	0	4	3
Early 12 months	82%	22		2		4		2		7
M/C3 + 4	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Distal tibia	6	7	1	0	1	5	0	1	3	0
Intermediate 1	10	15	1	0	1	5	0	1	3	1
Intermediate 1 24 months	40%	25		1		6		1		4
M/T3+4	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Calc	3	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Intermediate 2	3	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4
Intermediate 2 24-30 months	9.1%	33		0		3		0		4
Proximal humerus	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Distal radius	0	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Proximal ulna	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Femur	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
Proximal tibia	2	8	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	1
Late	5	38	0	5	1	10	0	1	0	6
Late 36-42 months	12%	43		5		11		1		6
Vertebrae	5	65	0	4	0	4	0	2	0	7
Final 4-7 years	7%	70		4		4		2		7
Total Bones		196		12		30		7		31