Faunal Remains

by Jonathan C. Driver

Table 2. Identified Specimens and Minimum Number of Elements (Selected Skeletal Elements) for Cottontail, Artiodactyls, and Turkey and Large Bird, Castle Rock Pueblo

 
Cottontail (Sylvilagus)
All Artiodactyls
Turkey (Meleagris) and Large Bird
Element
NISP
MNE
NISP
MNE
NISP
MNE
Cranium
70
12
2
1
26
4
Mandible
95
63
0
0
5
5
Quadrate
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
4
4
Cervical
6
6
5
3
22
20
Thoracic
7
7
4
2
2
2
Lumbar
34
26
1
1
n/a
n/a
Sacrum
5
5
1
1
n/a
n/a
Synsacrum
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1
1
Caudal
1
1
0
0
3
3
Rib
11
11
2
1
27
10
Sternum
0
0
1
1
20
6
Sternal rib
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
15
6
Furculum
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
5
3
Coracoid
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
21
9
Scapula
73
48
0
0
18
5
Humerus
55
45
5
3
27
7
Radius
68
49
2
1
21
5
Ulna
54
37
2
1
43
8
Carpal
0
0
0
0
5
5
Metacarpus
7
7
1
1
28
17
Wing phalanx
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
37
37
Innominate
70
59
2
2
7
4
Femur
32
15
1
1
13
1
Tibia
94
57
5
2
66
32
Fibula
0
0
0
0
6
2
Tarsals
37
35
1
1
n/a
n/a
Metatarsus
71
63
0
0
59
34
All phalanges
14
14
5
4
153
136

NISP = number of identified specimens; MNE = minimum number of elements; n/a = not applicable.

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