"Faunal Remains," by Robert J. Muir and Jonathan C. Driver

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Table 5. Frequency of Weathering Among Faunal Remains, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Weathered

Heavily Weathered

Taxon

NISP

N

%

N

%

Lagomorpha

71

2

2.82

 

 

Lepus sp.

259

2

0.77

 

 

Sylvilagus sp.

1,155

12

1.04

 

 

Sciuridae

102

1

0.98

 

 

Erethizon dorsatum

10

1

10.00

 

 

Castor canadensis

40

1

2.50

 

 

Canidae

16

1

6.25

 

 

Canis sp.

11

1

9.09

 

 

Lynx sp.

5

1

20.00

 

 

Medium carnivore

22

1

4.55

 

 

All Artiodactyla

237

18

7.59

2

0.84

Small mammal

125

1

0.80

 

 

Medium mammal

132

13

9.85

 

 

Large mammal

7

1

14.29

 

 

Meleagris gallopavo

500

16

3.20

 

 

Large bird

602

14

2.33

 

 

NISP = number of identified specimens.

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