Faunal Remains
by Robert J. Muir

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Table 5. Frequency of Weathered Faunal Remains, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Weathered

Heavily Weathered

Taxon

NISP

N

%

N

%

Artiodactyla

668

164

24.6

3

0.4

Large bird

1,961

61

3.1

2

0.1

Meleagris gallopavo

1,447

46

3.2

 

 

Medium mammal

277

26

9.4

1

0.4

Sylvilagus spp.

2,337

17

0.7

 

 

Canis

211

11

5.2

 

 

Medium carnivore

34

3

8.8

 

 

Canidae

49

3

6.1

 

 

Sciuridae

955

3

0.3

 

 

Fox

9

2

22.2

 

 

Small bird

12

2

16.7

 

 

Carnivora

2

1

50.0

 

 

Medium bird

68

1

1.5

 

 

Geomyidae

106

1

0.9

 

 

Lepus spp.

135

1

0.7

 

 

Muridae

645

1

0.2

 

 

NISP = number of identified specimens.

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