MESA VERDE
Big Juniper House of Mesa Verde, Colorado
Wetherill Mesa Studies
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TABLE 11.—UNWORKED TURKEY BONES BY AGE GROUPINGS AND ELEMENTS, BIG JUNIPER HOUSE

AGE
GROUPINGS
Elements Total bonesMinimum faunal count1 Maximum faunal count2
Left tibiotarsusRight tibiotarsusTibiotarsus (side unknown) Left tarsometatarsusRight tarsometatarsusTarsometatarsus (side unknow) Left carpometacarpusRight carpometarcapusLeft femurRight femure Femur (side unknown)Right fibulaLeft humerusRight humerus Left ulnaRight ulnaLeft radiusRight radiusLeft scapula Right scapulaLeft coracoidRight coracoidPelvisSternum Toe and foot bonesFurculumCervicle vertebrae
Very juvenile



1





















111
Juvenile2
1





1



11

1







727
Young

1























111
Immature






1






2










323
Large immature





1










1







212
Very small adult


21





















323
Small adult43



1141


3






1

38

26418
Average adult
541
122211158221242
111314659856
Large adult22





21



31111
12




17317
Totals81063214484115116623721411111611924108

1In this study, the minimum faunal count records the smallest possible number of individuals of a species represented by the remains of that species in the sample. Age, sex, and size categories are the criteria used.

2The maximum faunal count equals the total number of in individuals of a species represented by the remains of that species in the sample, less those additional elements which can be demonstrated to be part of any single individual represented in the sample.

3One individual.

4Three individuals.


TABLE 12.—DISTRIBUTION OF UNWORKED TURKEY BONES BY ELEMENTS, BIG JUNIPER HOUSE

PROVENIENCEElements
L. TibiotarsusR. Tibiotarsus? TibiotarsusL. Tarsometatarsus R. Tarsometatarsus? TarsometatarsusL. CarpometacarpusR. Carpometacarpus L. FemurR. Femur? FemurR. FibulaL. HumerusR. Humerus L. UlnaR. UlnaL. RadiusR. RadiusL. ScapulaR. Scapula L. CoracoidR. CoracoidPelvisSternumToe and foot bones FurculumCervicle vertebraeTotals
South Trash Mound221
2
1112
144231
1

11
1

31
Area 12









1

1












2
Test Trench 15












2












2
East House Mound













1











1
Room 3, fill1






1

















2
Room 7, fill























1

1
Room 8, subfloor fill1






1

















2
Room 11, fill


1






















1
Room 14, fill







2

















2
Room 15, fill






















1


1
Room 16, fill



















1





1
Room 19, fill

1























1
Room 19, subfloor cist fill







1











1




2
Rooms 21 and 2, fill

2










1











3
Room 24, fill

1























1
Kiva A, fill22




2
1

112

24

1




18
Kiva A, floor fill
1



1







1




1

1
127
Kiva A, pit fill


















1






1
Kiva A, subfloor ventilator fill1111
1
111


2



1




18
1221
Kiva B, fill13
1

1
2



1












9
Kiva B, floor fill














1









123
Kiva B, Cist 1 fill
























1
1
Kiva C, fill
1



1







11111






7
Totals810632144841151166237214111116119

1One individual.


TABLE 13.—DISTRIBUTION OF UNWORKED MAMMAL BONES AND SKELETONS BY SPECIES, BIG JUNIPER HOUSE

PROVENIENCESpecies
Lepus californicusLepus sp. Sylvilagus auduboniiSylvilagus sp. Sylvilagus sp.—skeletonsOdocoileus hemionus Odocoileus sp.Artiodactyla sp. Citellus variegatusCitellus sp. Neotoma cinereaNeotoma sp. Dipodomys ordii—skeletonMustelidae sp. Canis familiarisCanis latrans Urocyon cinereoargenteusMammalia sp. Mammalia/AvesTotals
South Trash Mound2
16
5
11

1
12112
24
Area 121



1







1



3
Area 2, upper fill




1












1
Room 1b, lower fill







1









1
Room 1b, sub-Floor 2, cist fill






1










1
Room 8, fill
















1
1
Kiva A, fill5

1
11
2







6117
Kiva A, ventilator shaft11

1













3
Kiva A, floor fill5

2












2
9
Kiva A, subfloor ventilator12

2



212






120
Kiva B, fill


1














1
Kiva B, floor fill1

5
1












7
Kiva B, floor



1






1





2
Kiva B, Cist 1, fill2




1









1
4
Kiva C, fill


1
1
2










4
Kiva C, floor fill


1














1
   Totals2911192102461211131112299




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