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

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Table 6. Evidence of Cultural Modification of Faunal Remains, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Spiral Fractures

Burning

Cut Marks

Ground/Polished

Taxon

NISP

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Lagomorpha

71

11

15.5

3

4.2

 

 

1

1.4

Lepus sp.

259

37

14.3

15

5.8

2

0.8

2

0.8

Sylvilagus sp.

1,155

117

10.1

69

6.0

1

0.1

 

 

Sciuridae

102

2

2.0

3

2.9

 

 

 

 

Ground squirrel

15

 

 

3

20.0

 

 

 

 

Spermophilus sp.

23

 

 

1

4.3

 

 

 

 

Geomyidae

41

 

 

1

2.4

 

 

 

 

Neotoma sp.

118

3

2.5

1

0.8

 

 

 

 

Castor canadensis

40

4

10.0

5

12.5

1

2.5

 

 

Canidae

16

 

 

2

12.5

1

6.3

2

12.5

Canis sp.

11

 

 

2

18.2

 

 

 

 

Medium carnivore

22

 

 

4

18.2

 

 

 

 

Artiodactyla

5

 

 

1

20.0

 

 

1

20.0

Odocoileus sp.

28

5

17.9

 

 

1

3.6

4

14.3

Antilocapra americana

9

1

11.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ovis canadensis

3

1

33.3

1

33.3

 

 

 

 

Bos taurus

1

1

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medium artiodactyl

182

22

12.1

13

7.1

4

2.2

8

4.4

Large artiodactyl

5

1

20.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buteo sp.

4

2

50.0

 

 

1

25.0

 

 

Galliformes

8

 

 

1

12.5

 

 

 

 

Tetraonidae

32

4

12.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centrocerus urophasianus

10

1

10.0

1

10.0

 

 

 

 

Meleagris gallopavo

500

50

10.0

21

4.2

15

3.0

21

4.2

Passeriformes

2

1

50.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

NISP = number of identified specimens.

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