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Vertebrate Faunal Remains from Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona
John W. Olsen with a foreword by John D. Speth
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Grasshopper Pueblo is a large fourteenth-century community in the forested Mogollon highlands of central Arizona. This book is an examination of the entire suite of animal remains from the site.
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Contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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Foreword
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Grasshopper Pueblo
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The Archaeology of Grasshopper Pueblo
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The Site
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Physiography and Environment of Region
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Environment at Grasshopper: Past and Present
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Chapter 2. Methodology and Overview of the Grasshopper Faunal Analysis
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Taxonomy Employed
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Methods of Recording Data
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Quantification of Faunal Remains
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Application of MNI Approach
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Nature of the Faunal Sample Analyzed
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An Overview of the Grasshopper Collection
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Patterns of Bone Disposal
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Chapter 3. The Bony Fishes, the Amphibians, the Reptiles
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The Bony Fishes
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Seasonality and the Grasshopper Icthyofauna
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The Amphibians
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The Reptiles
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Chapter 4. The Birds
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Order Ciconiiformes
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Order Anseriformes
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Order Falconiformes
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Order Galliformes
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Order Gruiformes
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Order Charadriiformes
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Order Columbiformes
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Order Psittaciformes
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Order Cuculiformes
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Order Strigiformes
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Order Piciformes
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Order Passeriformes
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Chapter 5. The Mammals
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Order Lagomorpha
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Order Rodentia
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Order Carnivora
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Order Perissodactyla
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Order Artiodactyla
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Unclassifiable Mammalian Remains
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Conclusions
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Chapter 6. An Interpretive Synthesis of the Grasshopper Fauna
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Subsistence
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Procurement
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Animals versus Plants
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Technology
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Ceremonialism
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Domestic Animals
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Trade
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Paleoenvironment
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Environmental Stress and the Grasshopper Fauna
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Summary and Concluding Remarks
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Appendix. Quantitative Summary
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References
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Published: 1990
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-949098-89-1 (ebook)
- 978-0-915703-21-0 (paper)