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 bones | Minimum faunal count1 |
Maximum faunal count2 |
Left tibiotarsus | Right tibiotarsus | Tibiotarsus (side unknown) |
Left tarsometatarsus | Right tarsometatarsus | Tarsometatarsus (side unknow) |
Left carpometacarpus | Right carpometarcapus | Left femur | Right femure |
Femur (side unknown) | Right fibula | Left humerus | Right humerus |
Left ulna | Right ulna | Left radius | Right radius | Left scapula |
Right scapula | Left coracoid | Right coracoid | Pelvis | Sternum |
Toe and foot bones | Furculum | Cervicle vertebrae |
Very juvenile |
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Juvenile | 2 |
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Young |
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Immature |
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Large immature |
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Very small adult |
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Small adult | 4 | 3 |
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Average adult |
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 59 | 8 | 56 |
Large adult | 2 | 2 |
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| 17 | 3 | 17 |
Totals | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 119 | 24 | 108 |
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
PROVENIENCE | Elements |
L. Tibiotarsus | R. Tibiotarsus | ? Tibiotarsus | L. Tarsometatarsus |
R. Tarsometatarsus | ? Tarsometatarsus | L. Carpometacarpus | R. Carpometacarpus |
L. Femur | R. Femur | ? Femur | R. Fibula | L. Humerus | R. Humerus |
L. Ulna | R. Ulna | L. Radius | R. Radius | L. Scapula | R. Scapula |
L. Coracoid | R. Coracoid | Pelvis | Sternum | Toe and foot bones |
Furculum | Cervicle vertebrae | Totals |
South Trash Mound | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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Area 12 |
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Test Trench 15 |
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East House Mound |
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Room 3, fill | 1 |
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Room 7, fill |
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Room 8, subfloor fill | 1 |
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Room 11, fill |
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Room 14, fill |
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Room 15, fill |
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Room 16, fill |
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Room 19, fill |
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Room 19, subfloor cist fill |
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Rooms 21 and 2, fill |
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Room 24, fill |
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Kiva A, fill | 2 | 2 |
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Kiva A, floor fill |
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Kiva A, pit fill |
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Kiva A, subfloor ventilator fill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Kiva B, fill | 1 | 3 |
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Kiva B, floor fill |
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Kiva B, Cist 1 fill |
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Kiva C, fill |
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Totals | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 119 |
1One individual.
TABLE 13.DISTRIBUTION OF UNWORKED MAMMAL BONES AND SKELETONS BY SPECIES, BIG JUNIPER HOUSE
PROVENIENCE | Species |
Lepus californicus | Lepus sp. |
Sylvilagus audubonii | Sylvilagus sp. |
Sylvilagus sp.skeletons | Odocoileus hemionus |
Odocoileus sp. | Artiodactyla sp. |
Citellus variegatus | Citellus sp. |
Neotoma cinerea | Neotoma sp. |
Dipodomys ordiiskeleton | Mustelidae sp. |
Canis familiaris | Canis latrans |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus | Mammalia sp. |
Mammalia/Aves | Totals |
South Trash Mound | 2 |
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Area 12 | 1 |
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Area 2, upper fill |
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Room 1b, lower fill |
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Room 1b, sub-Floor 2, cist fill |
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Room 8, fill |
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Kiva A, fill | 5 |
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Kiva A, ventilator shaft | 1 | 1 |
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Kiva A, floor fill | 5 |
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Kiva A, subfloor ventilator | 12 |
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Kiva B, fill |
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Kiva B, floor fill | 1 |
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Kiva B, floor |
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Kiva B, Cist 1, fill | 2 |
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Kiva C, fill |
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Kiva C, floor fill |
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Totals | 29 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 99 |
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Last Updated: 16-Jan-2007
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