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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Faunal Analysis"”.
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Faunal Analysis and Comparative Study of Mont Repose Plantation
… yielded an array of artifacts including numerous faunal remains. Species recovered thus far include domestic species such as cow, pig, and chicken. The wild species represented within the collection include deer, opossum, raccoon, fish, bird, turtle, and alligator. By comparing the findings from …
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Vertebrate Faunal Analysis of The Anderson Creek Site (45KP233)
… fish passage replacement project in Puget Sound. Faunal analysis of remains from this excavation was completed by the author in collaboration with Dr. Megan Partlow. Analysis documented a variety of mammal and fish remains, consisting primarily of salmon, flatfishes, deer and elk. In addition to …
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Fine screen faunal analysis from the Hartley Site (FaNp-19)
… using just the available material affect the analysis?, 2) How would the different methodologies affect the results? Taking those variables into account, what information could be acquired regarding subsistence strategy, seasonality and the paleoecology at the site? There were two amphibians, …
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Faunal Analysis of the Mesa 12 Archaeological Site (45GR144): Grant County, Washington
… to be strongholds, refuges, or defensive sites. Faunal material recovered from these sites has been in storage unanalyzed for over 40 years. The largest excavation was at Mesa 12 where 33 units were excavated. Six radiocarbon dates indicate a Cayuse Phase (2070±90 B.P. until 565±80 B.P.) …
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Faunal Analysis of the Tongue River Bison Kill Site (24RB2135) in Southeastern Montana
… complete the analyses required to understand the faunal material, specific data was gathered for each bone element. These data points include: the taxon, skeletal element, side, body orientation, portion, color, size, weathering, age, and any natural or cultural modifications. Qualitative …
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Faunal Analysis of the Tongue River Bison Kill Site (24RB2135) in Southeastern Montana
… complete the analyses required to understand the faunal material, specific data was gathered for each bone element. These data points include: the taxon, skeletal element, side, body orientation, portion, color, size, weathering, age, and any natural or cultural modifications. Qualitative …
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Variability in Thule Inuit Subsistence Economy: A Faunal Analysis of OkRn-1, Banks Island, N.W.T.
This thesis presents a zooarchaeological analysis of animal remains recovered from a late Thule qarmaq at the OkRn-1 archaeological site (ca. 1450 – 1650 AD) on Banks Island, NWT. The main objectives were to: 1) document animal exploitation in the qarmaq; 2) determine the season of occupation of …
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The St. Louis site (FfNk-7) and the Below Forks site (FhNg-25) : the faunal analysis of two mummy cave series and Oxbow Complex sites in central Saskatchewan
… (8400-4590 rcybp). For this thesis only the faunal remains from the upper four occupations were analysed which contained the Mummy Cave Series and Oxbow Complex occupations. The Below Forks site is located two kilometres east of the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers. This …
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A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Hole-in-the-Wall Canyon (45KT12) and French Rapids (45KT13) Sites: Ginkgo State Park, Washington
A taxonomic and taphonomic faunal analysis was completed for the entire zooarchaeological collection (n=5,354) for two prehistoric archaeological housepit sites, Hole-in-the-Wall Canyon (45KT12) and French Rapids (45KT13). Both sites are located near Vantage, Washington, within the inundated area …
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Measuring Trace Element Concentrations in Artiodactyl Cannonbones using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence
Artiodactyl bones are the most common faunal remains found in Washington prehistoric archaeology sites, but they are often too fragmented to accurately identify a family, genus, or species. Traditional faunal analysis can only organize unidentifiable bone fragments into size class, and chemical …
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Food and Fortitude: A Story of Life Within Presidio San Saba as told through Zooarchaeological Analysis
… of Arlene Fradkin, and Tamra Walters’ previous faunal analysis conducted on a portion of the site’s assemblage. This inquiry will focus on comparing the areas within the interior plaza to provide insight into dietary practices and to see if socio-economic status use of certain areas can be …
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Prehistoric Life on the Mississippi Coast: Chronology and Function of Ceramics from Three Shell Middens in the Grand Bay Estuary
… periods. By correlating the results from the faunal analysis with ceramic analysis settlement patterns, subsistence patterns and a chronology of site use are constructed. This research evaluates prehistoric use of the Grand Bay estuary and documents how use of the estuary changed through time. …
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From Turkeys To Tamales: Paleoindian To Preclassic Period Faunal Use At Maya Hak Cab Pek Rockshelter In Southern Belize
… can provide excellent contexts for a comparative faunal analysis though time. In February of 2014 the Bladen Paleoindian and Archaic Project (BPAP), directed by Dr. Keith Prufer, began excavations at the rockshelter Maya Hak Cab Pek (MHCP). The site has evidence for human activities from the …
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Late Holocene Logistical and Residential Settlement in Interior Santa Rosa Island, California: A Comparative Analysis of Four Rockshelter Sites
… had declined. In this thesis, I examine the faunal records from four interior rockshelter sites within the context of late Holocene settlement systems on SRI to investigate how environmental and cultural factors may have contributed to the choices people made regarding how and where to …
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Tekison Cave: A Case Study in Archaeological Collection Rehabilitation and Accessibility
… of fauna. To meet WDFW goals, I completed a faunal analysis (which showed presence of bighorn sheep with evidence of butchery), radiocarbon dating (which provided two age estimates about 900 years ago), and sourced an obsidian biface (from Whitewater Ridge, Oregon). I interviewed an original …
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BON APPЀTIT: FAUNAL SUBSISTENCE AT FORT TOMBECBE (1SU7)
… Spanish separately, however the breadth of the faunal analysis leaves this for future research. The soldiers at Tombecbe were reliant on supply chains from their countries of origin but also depended on trade with their Indigenous neighbors, the Choctaw, due to perennially late shipments.</p> …
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Listen to the Bones: An Analysis of the Variation within the Faunal Remains at the Bridge River Site
Analysis of faunal material from the 2008 and 2009 excavations at the Bridge River site (EeR14) show that variation exists within the assemblages, particularly through time between the occupation phases of Bridge River 2 and Bridge River 3. The data show that reliance on anadromous salmon …
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Listen to the Bones: An Analysis of the Variation within the Faunal Remains at the Bridge River Site
Analysis of faunal material from the 2008 and 2009 excavations at the Bridge River site (EeR14) show that variation exists within the assemblages, particularly through time between the occupation phases of Bridge River 2 and Bridge River 3. The data show that reliance on anadromous salmon …
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Subsistence, Technology, and Site Use Through Time at 41HY160, the Tee Box Six Locale
… pieces of lithic debitage and an abundance of faunal remains. Prior to this Thesis, no analysis of this material had been attempted and the only published material on this site is a short article in La Tierra and a report synthesis was needed for these early investigations to add to the growing …
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Stratigraphy and paleontology of the upper Cretaceous Morden Member (Vermilion River Formation) in the outcrop area, northeastern North Dakota
… and sampled at 2-meter intervals for microfaunal and lithologic analysis. A single well was used for microfaunal analysis of the cuttings.</p> <p>The Morden Member is a dark gray to black, noncalcareous, organic-rich shale of uniform lithology. Three calcareous, septarian concretion zones …
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