Zooarchaeology of Six Prehistoric Sites in the Sierra Blanca Region, New Mexico

Driver, Jonathan C.

doi:doi:10.3998/mpub.11394585

Zooarchaeology of Six Prehistoric Sites in the Sierra Blanca Region, New Mexico

Jonathan C. Driver

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In this volume, Jonathan C. Driver presents the results of his study of faunal remains that represent several prehistoric communities in the Sacramento Mountain area and document the range and proportions of hunted foods in the diet of these communities. Driver's work complements one of the most important works on the prehistory of this region: Jane Holden Kelley's The Archaeology of the Sierra Blanca Region of Southeastern New Mexico (1984).

Contents
List Of Tables
List Of Figures
Foreword by John D. Speth
Acknowledgments
1. The Region and the Sites
- Introduction
- The Region
- Prehistory
- The Sites
2. Faunal Analysis
- Methodology
  - Dealing with "Old" Assemblages
  - Identification and Recording
  - The Assemblages
  - Data Presentation
- Taxonomic Categories
  - Amphibian
  - Reptile
  - Bird
  - Mammal
- Origin of the Faunas
- The Lagomorph Assemblage
  - Element Frequency
  - Bone Modification
  - Bone Fusion
- The Medium Ungulate Assemblage
  - Element Frequency
  - Bone Modification
  - Bone Fusion
  - Tooth Eruption Sequences
- Large Ungulate Assemblage
  - Element Frequency
  - Bone Modification
3. Inter-Assemblage Comparisons
4. Subsistence Iin the Sierra Blanca Region
5. Conclusions
Appendix: Assemblage Descriptions
References Cited

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Published: 1985

Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

ISBN(s)

978-0-915703-07-4 (paper)
978-1-951538-30-9 (ebook)

Series

Technical Reports

Subject

Archaeology:New World

Zooarchaeology of Six Prehistoric Sites in the Sierra Blanca Region, New Mexico

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