Faunal Remains
by Robert J. Muir

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Table 6. Evidence of Cultural Modification of Faunal Remains, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Spiral Fractures

Burning

Cut Marks

Ground/Polished

Taxon

NISP

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Lynx spp.

42

1

2.4

5

11.9

1

2.4

8

19.0

Meleagris gallopavo

1,447

49

3.4

89

6.2

19

1.3

132

9.1

Artiodactyla

668

63

9.4

49

7.3

25

3.7

59

8.8

Canis spp.

211

3

1.4

9

4.3

5

2.4

16

7.6

Lepus spp.

135

13

9.6

2

1.5

1

0.7

5

3.7

Sylvilagus spp.

2,337

125

5.3

69

3.0

2

0.1

4

0.2

Strigiformes

4

 

 

1

25.0

 

 

1

25.0

Grus canadensis

4

 

 

 

 

1

25.0

 

 

Small bird

27

3

11.1

3

11.1

 

 

 

 

Corvidae

46

1

2.2

3

6.5

 

 

 

 

Sciuridae

955

9

0.9

5

0.5

 

 

 

 

Neotoma spp.

458

5

1.1

4

0.9

 

 

 

 

Zenaida macroura

12

 

 

1

8.3

 

 

 

 

Geomyidae

105

 

 

1

1.0

 

 

 

 

Iguanidae

23

 

 

1

4.3

 

 

 

 

Muridae

645

2

0.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tetraonidae

3

1

33.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

NISP = number of identified specimens.

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