Archaeological Fauna: US Southwest

This collection includes the faunal data sets and coding keys that were entered into tDAR as part of the NSF-funded (BCS--1153115) Resource Depression and Turkey Intensification project. Some of the datasets and all of the coding keys are currently publicly available. The remainder will become public at the end of the project in May 2015.

Site Name Keywords
Sand Canyon Pueblo • Yellow Jacket Pueblo • Castle Rock Pueblo • Woods Canyon Pueblo • Albert Porter Pueblo • Shields Pueblo • Salmon Ruin • Pena Blanca Sites • Anderson Village • Avilas Canyon Village

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Non-Domestic Structures • Settlements • Domestic Structures • Hamlet / Village • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Kiva / Great Kiva • Town / City • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Cemetery

Other Keywords
Faunal Data • Faunal Identification • CARP • Rio Grande • Salinas • ULCPP • Harp • Chacoan Site • Nambe • Artiodactyl Index

Culture Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan • Mogollon • Cibola • Zuni

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Collections Research • Systematic Survey • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Material Types
Fauna • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Mineral • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Shell

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo III • Pueblo II • Coalition period • Pueblo IV period • Pueblo IV • Late Developmental period • Pueblo I • Pueblo II/III • Classic Period • Early Developmental period

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • US (ISO Country Code) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Mesa Verde • Colorado (State / Territory) • Montezuma County (County) • USA (Country) • U.S. Southwest • Arizona (State / Territory)

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Documents
  • A Faunal Taphonomic Protocol for the Southwestern US (2014)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany Clark.

    This document describes the development of a faunal taphonomic protocol for assessing inter-assemblage comparability in integrated analyses of Southwestern US faunal datasets.

  • LA199 Faunal Coding Sheet (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Alison Rautman.

    Faunal coding sheet for excavations conducted in 1994 by Michigan State University at Kite Pueblo (LA-199)

  • Southwest fauna dataset information (2014)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine Spielmann.

    This document lists the datasets in the SW FWG collection that are being used in the resource depression analysis and provides basic information such as NISP for these datasets.

  • Summary of the Context Analysis (2014)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany Clark.

    This is the final report on Tiffany Clark's analysis of variation in faunal discard across different contexts for eight of the assemblages used in the resource depression project.

Datasets
  • Alameda School Site (LA 421) Fauna (2012)
    DATASET Robin Cordero.

    Faunal data from the 2008 excavation at the Alameda School Site, LA 421

  • Albert Porter Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Shaw Badenhorst. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Albert Porter Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 2001-2004. Faunal analysis was by Shaw Badenhorst and Jonathan C. Driver in 2008, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018. Site dates are AD 1020-1280, fauna is from the period AD 1060-1280. Users should...

  • Albert Porter Pueblo faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Shaw Badenhorst. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from Albert Porter Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 2001-2004. Faunal analysis was by Shaw Badenhorst and Jonathan C. Driver in 2008, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Site dates are AD 1020-1280, fauna is from the period AD 1060-1280. Users should reference both this dataset and Badenhort's 2008 dissertation...

  • Arroyo Hondo Fauna (2019)
    DATASET Katherine Spielmann. Tiffany Clark.

    This dataset represents a portion of the faunal collection that was excavated at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo by the School of American Research (SAR) between 1971 and 1974. The entire assemblage was analyzed at that time by Richard Lang and Arthur Harris. Original data sheets, which derive from this analysis, are curated at the SAR. As part of a NSF-funded project, a portion of these data sheets, which included approximately 3500 specimens, was entered into a digital database. A summary of the...

  • Arroyo Hondo Fauna Old (1974)
    DATASET Uploaded by: Tiffany Clark

    This dataset represents a portion of the faunal collection that was excavated at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo by the School of American Research (SAR) between 1971 and 1974. The entire assemblage was analyzed at that time by Richard Lang and Arthur Harris. Original data sheets, which derive from this analysis, are curated at the SAR. As part of a NSF-funded project, a portion of these data sheets, which included approximately 3500 specimens, was entered into a digital database. The dataset has been...

  • Aztec West Ruin Rooms 202 and 221 (2005)
    DATASET Kathy Roler Durand.

    Part of Aztec West Ruin data, only includes rooms 202 and 221

  • Bone Mineral Density Values for Deer, Lagomorph, and Turkey (2014)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    This table includes published bone mineral density values for select elements (or portions of elements) for deer (Lyman 2004), lagomorphs (Pavao and Stahl 1999), and turkey (Dirrigl 2001).

  • Bryant Ranch Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Rebecca Dean. Katherine Spielmann. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    This dataset is the full Bryant Ranch Faunal dataset created by Rebecca Dean with the addition of an 'all gnaw' column. The original dataset contained separate columns for rodent gnawing and carnivore gnawing. Mapping gnawing information from Bryant Ranch to the tDAR Faunal Gnawing Ontology required a new variable that combined presence/absence information from both columns.

  • Bryant Ranch Fauna (2014)
    DATASET Barbara Mills.

    Bryant Ranch Fauna

  • Bryant-Faunal Datarevised2018 (2018)
    DATASET Rebecca Dean. Katherine Spielmann.

    This dataset is the full Bryant Ranch Faunal dataset created by Rebecca Dean with the addition of an 'all gnaw' column. The original dataset contained separate columns for rodent gnawing and carnivore gnawing. Mapping gnawing information from Bryant Ranch to the tDAR Faunal Gnawing Ontology required a new variable that combined presence/absence information from both columns.

  • CARP Fauna (2007)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Cibola Archaeological Research Project faunal database. 25,547 elements recorded.

  • Castle Rock Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Castle Rock Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1990-1994. Faunal analysis was by Jonathan C. Driver in 2000, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018. Faunal material is from the period AD 1256-1285. Additional information on Castle Rock Pueblo and its...

  • Castle Rock Pueblo faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from Castle Rock Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1990-1994. Faunal analysis was by Jonathan C. Driver in 2000, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Faunal material is from the period AD 1256-1285. Additional information on Castle Rock Pueblo and its fauna is available on the web at...

  • Chaves-Hummingbird (LA 578) Fauna (1998)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    This dataset includes information on the faunal remains excavated in 1998 from kiva, room, and midden contexts at the Chaves-Hummingbird Pueblo (LA578).

  • Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project faunal dataset (2006)
    DATASET Karen Schollmeyer. Tiffany Clark. Gretchen Kardaman. Heidi Lippmeier.

    This dataset includes fauna from thirteen sites excavated by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, 1993-2002. Faunal analysis for most assemblages was by Karen Gust Schollmeyer and Tiffany C. Clark; portions of the assemblages from Las Animas Village, Ronnie, and Lee Hamlet were analyzed by Gretchen Kardaman and Heidi Lippmeier. Faunal data is primarily from A.D. 1000 to the early 1200s, with some additional data from earlier and later time periods. Users should reference this dataset...

  • EMVPP Fauna (2006)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    EL Morro Valley Prehistory Project faunal database. All project fauna analyzed. Ca. 350 elements recorded.

  • Franks Ruin (LA 9032) Fauna (2014)
    DATASET Alison Rautman.

    This faunal dataset derives from excavations conducted by Michigan State University in 2007 and 2008 at Frank's Ruin Pueblo (LA 9032). Kite Pueblo is the square adobe pueblo occupied between circa A.D. 1200 to 1350. The assemblage derives from midden, room, and extramural contexts. Note that bird faunal IDs above general categories are unreliable due to lack of comparative collection. Large birds not identified as turkey should be considered "large bird not turkey" not particular raptor or other...

  • Gran Quivira Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from the Gran Quivira archaeological project. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018.

  • Gran Quivira faunal data (2003)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Faunal data from the Gran Quivira archaeological project.

  • Grasshopper Pueblo Fauna (2014)
    DATASET John Olsen.

    This dataset consists of a portion of the faunal assemblage that was excavated by the University of Arizona at Grasshopper Pueblo. These data were entered into a digital format from the original faunal coding cards on file at the Arizona State Museum. **NB: up to this point we have not reached the cards for the avian fauna; only mammals are included in this dataset.** In cleaning the digital file February 2018 K. Spielmann undertook the following: The No of Specs column was edited to be a...

  • Grasshopper Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET John Olsen. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    This dataset consists of a portion of the faunal assemblage that was excavated by the University of Arizona at Grasshopper Pueblo. These data were entered into a digital format from the original faunal coding cards on file at the Arizona State Museum. **NB: up to this point we have not reached the cards for the avian fauna; only mammals are included in this dataset.** In cleaning the digital file February 2018 K. Spielmann undertook the following: The No of Specs column was edited to be a...

  • Guadalupe Ruin Fauna (2014)
    DATASET Kathy Roler Durand.

    Faunal dataset from Guadalupe Ruin analyzed by Kathy Roler Durand.

  • HARP Fauna (1996)
    DATASET J. Homer Thiel.

    Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project faunal database. All project fauna analyzed. Ca. 2100 elements recorded.

  • Homolovi III Fauna (2013)
    DATASET Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum.

    This is the original Homol'ovi III (AZ J:14:14 [ASM]) faunal database. For important additional information on the coding see the document: HOMOL’OVI III Faunal Dataset: Typos and Potentially Erroneous Codings. Vincent M. LaMotta. 2018 (tDAR id: 447062).

  • Homolovi IV Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Vincent LaMotta. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    This fauna was excavated at Homolovi IV (AZ J:14:13 [ASM]) by the Arizona State Museum. This dataset was updated in 2018 to unmap the "STATE" variable from the completeness ontology.

  • Homolovi IV fauna (2014)
    DATASET Vincent LaMotta.

    This is the original faunal data set for the excavations at Homolovi IV (AZ J:14:13 [ASM]) by the Arizona State Museum. For important additional information on the coding see the document: HOMOL’OVI IV Faunal Dataset: Typos and Potentially Erroneous Codings. Vincent M. LaMotta. 2018 ( tDAR id: 447063).

  • Kite Pueblo (LA 199) Fauna (2013)
    DATASET Alison Rautman.

    This faunal dataset derives from excavations conducted by Michigan State University in 1994 at Kite Pueblo (LA 199). Kite Pueblo is the square adobe pueblo occupied between circa A.D. 1220 to 1300. The pueblo has a glaze A occupation shown by surface artifacts and masonry construction atop the adobe pueblo.

  • LA 12587 Fauna (2014)
    DATASET Kari Schmidt.

    Faunal assemblage excavated at LA 12587, a late Coalition Pueblo site located on land managed by Las Alamos National Laboratory.

  • LA 135290 (2014)
    DATASET Kari Schmidt.

    Faunal assemblage excavated from LA 125290, a Coalition Period Pueblo site on land managed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • LA 4618 Fauna (2014)
    DATASET Kari Schmidt.

    Faunal assemblage excavated from LA 4618, a Coalition Period Pueblo site located on land managed by the Las Alamos National Laboratory.

  • LA 86534 (2014)
    DATASET Uploaded by: Tiffany Clark

    Faunal assemblage excavated from LA 86534, a Coalition Period Pueblo site on land managed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • Lower Pescado Village Faunal Data (1997)
    DATASET Michael Etnier.

    Archaeological fauna from Lower Pescado Village, Zuni Indian Reservation. Data reported in Michael Etnier's 1997 University of Washington MA thesis. Dataset is full inventory of faunal IDs from Lower Pescado Village (NM12-I109) by Michael A. Etnier. Etnier, M.A. 1997. Dietary Change at Lower Pescado Village (NM12-I109). Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

  • Nambe fauna (2005)
    DATASET Nancy Akins.

    Fauna recovered from LA 103919, a Late Developmental period site near Nambe.

  • Northern Southwest Site Artiodactyl Index (2017)
    DATASET Katherine Spielmann.

    Data underlying figures 3-5 in Kintigh et al.'s 2018 article in Advances in Archaeological Practice.

  • OBAP (Ojo Bonito) Fauna (1998)
    DATASET Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

    Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project faunal database. 7275 elements recorded.

  • Pena Blanca Fauna (2012)
    DATASET Nancy Akins.

    coded fauna data with provenience information

  • Pottery Mound (LA 416) Fauna (2000)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    The faunal remains analyzed in this study derive from excavations that were undertaken by the University of New Mexico in 1979. The materials were recovered from a 5 X 5 m test unit that had been placed in a midden area along the northern edge of the site. Deposits in this area were characterized by a relatively dense accumulation of stratified trash that had depths up to 3.4 meters. Due to the large volume of animal bone that was obtained from these excavations, the dataset only includes those...

  • Pueblo Blanco Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Excavations at Pueblo Blanco by Arizona State University resulted in the recovery of a large faunal assemblage containing a total of 64,733 specimens (Table 2). Approximately 32 percent of the assemblage, or 20,621 specimens, are considered identifiable. In this analysis, mammalian, avian, and reptilian fauna are classified as “identifiable” if the specimen can be classified to an order. Given the highly fragmented nature of fish bone, these remains are only identified to the class level....

  • Pueblo Blanco faunal data (2000)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Excavations at Pueblo Blanco by Arizona State University resulted in the recovery of a large faunal assemblage containing a total of 64,733 specimens (Table 2). Approximately 32 percent of the assemblage, or 20,621 specimens, are considered identifiable. In this analysis, mammalian, avian, and reptilian fauna are classified as “identifiable” if the specimen can be classified to an order. Given the highly fragmented nature of fish bone, these remains are only identified to the class level.

  • Pueblo Colorado Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from the Pueblo Colorado archaeological project. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018.

  • Pueblo Colorado faunal data (2000)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Faunal data from the Pueblo Colorado archaeological project

  • Quarai Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Quarai Pueblo archaeological project. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018.

  • Quarai Pueblo Faunal Data (2000)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Faunal data from Quarai Pueblo archaeological project.

  • RCAP Fauna (1998)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Rudd Creek Archaeological Project faunal database. Rudd Creek Pueblo dates from A.D. 1225 and 1300. Ca. 975 elements recorded. Corrected from original with one value for Bone Artifact value 20 (unfinished bone tool) changed to 21 (awl blank [halved bone]) to correspond with CARP Coding Sheet. Note comment says "halved radius"

  • Rowe Pueblo Fauna (1984)
    DATASET Linda Mick-O'Hara.

    The faunal data from Rowe Pueblo were originally analyzed by Linda Mick-O'Hara following the completion of the 1984 season by the University of New Mexico Summer Field School. These data were re-entered into a digital format in 2012 by researchers from Arizona State University using the compiled inventory provided in the Rowe Ruin Project: A Preliminary Report by Linda Cordell (1989).

  • Salmon Ruins Faunal Data (2004)
    DATASET Kathy Roler Durand.

    Faunal data from Salmon Ruin rooms 33, 36, 43, 63, 81, and 130.

  • Salmon Ruins Room 129 (2005)
    DATASET Kathy Roler Durand.

    Salmon Ruins fauna from Room 129

  • San Antonio de Padua (LA 24) Fauna (1992)
    DATASET Nancy Akins.

    This assemblage represents fauna that was excavated at San Antonio de Padua (LA 24), NM 14, Bernalillo County, New Mexico by the Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, in 1992.

  • Sand Canyon Locality site testing program faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Jonathan Driver. Michael J. Brand. Lianne Lester. Natalie Munro. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from test excavations at thirteen sites in the Sand Canyon Locality, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1988-1991. Faunal analysis was by Jonathan C. Driver, Michael J. Brand, Lianne Lester, and Natalie D. Munro in 1999, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Additional information on these sites and their fauna is available...

  • Sand Canyon Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Robert J. Muir. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Sand Canyon Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1989 through 1993. Faunal analysis was by Robert J. Muir and Jonathan C. Driver in 1999, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018. Fauna is from AD 1240 to 1280. Users should reference both this dataset and...

  • Sand Canyon Pueblo faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Robert J. Muir. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from Sand Canyon Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1989 through 1993. Faunal analysis was by Robert J. Muir and Jonathan C. Driver in 1999, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Fauna is from AD 1240 to 1280. Users should reference both this dataset and Muir's 1999 dissertation (available on tDAR), which has...

  • SCARP -faunarevised2018 (2018)
    DATASET Jenny Zack Horner. Katherine Spielmann.

    Faunal remains from Bailey Ruin, Hough's Great Kiva, Cothrun's Kiva, and Pottery Hill.This is the full original SCARP faunal dataset created by Rebecca Dean with one column added, ALLGNAW. The orignal dataset has rodent and carnivore gnawing coded separately. Mapping gnawing information from SCARP to the tDAR Faunal Gnawing Ontology required a new variable that combined presence/absence information from both columns.

  • SCARP Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Katherine Spielmann. R. Kyle Bocinsky. Jenny Zack Horner.

    Faunal remains from Bailey Ruin, Hough's Great Kiva, Cothrun's Kiva, and Pottery Hill.This is the full original SCARP faunal dataset created by Rebecca Dean with one column added, ALLGNAW. The orignal dataset has rodent and carnivore gnawing coded separately. Mapping gnawing information from SCARP to the tDAR Faunal Gnawing Ontology required a new variable that combined presence/absence information from both columns. Kyle Bocinsky unmapped the rodent gnawing coding sheet from the gnawing...

  • SCARP Fauna (2014)
    DATASET Jenny Zack Horner.

    Faunal remains from Bailey Ruin, Hough's Great Kiva, Cothrun's Kiva, and Pottery Hill.

  • Shields Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Tiffany A. Rawlings. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Shields Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1997-2000. Faunal analysis was by Tiffany A. Rawlings and Jonathan C. Driver in 2006, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018. Site dates are AD 775-1300, fauna is from the period AD 1020-1280. Users should...

  • Shields Pueblo faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Tiffany A. Rawlings. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from Shields Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1997-2000. Faunal analysis was by Tiffany A. Rawlings and Jonathan C. Driver in 2006, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Site dates are AD 775-1300, fauna is from the period AD 1020-1280. Users should reference both this dataset and Rawlings' 2006 dissertation...

  • Sierra Blanca faunal datasets (1985)
    DATASET Jonathan Driver.

    Driver, Jonathan C. 1985 “Zooarchaeology of Six Prehistoric Sites in the Sierra Blanca Region, New Mexico” (Museum of Anthropology University of Michigan Technical Report Number 17)

  • ULCPP Fauna (2008)
    DATASET Tiffany Clark.

    Fauna Database from all project excavations. Ca 28,000 elements recorded.

  • Woods Canyon Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Woods Canyon Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1994-1996. Faunal analysis was by Jonathan C. Driver in 2000, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018. Fauna is from the period AD 900-1280. Additional information on Woods Canyon Pueblo and its fauna is...

  • Woods Canyon Pueblo faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from Woods Canyon Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1994-1996. Faunal analysis was by Jonathan C. Driver in 2000, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Fauna is from the period AD 900-1280. Additional information on Woods Canyon Pueblo and its fauna is available on the web at...

  • Yellow Jacket Pueblo Fauna (2018)
    DATASET Robert Muir. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

    Faunal data from Yellow Jacket Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1995 through 1997. Faunal analysis was by Robert J. Muir and Jonathan C. Driver in 1999, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Kyle Bocinsky refactored the bone modification data in 2018. Fauna is from AD 1060 to the late 1200s. Additional information on Yellow...

  • Yellow Jacket Pueblo faunal dataset (2011)
    DATASET Robert Muir. Jonathan Driver. Karen Schollmeyer.

    Faunal data from Yellow Jacket Pueblo, excavated by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1995 through 1997. Faunal analysis was by Robert J. Muir and Jonathan C. Driver in 1999, using methodology described in the CCAC Manual for the Description of Vertebrate Remains. Context information was integrated by Karen G. Schollmeyer in 2011 using data supplied by CCAC. Fauna is from AD 1060 to the late 1200s. Additional information on Yellow Jacket Pueblo and its fauna is available on the web at...

Projects
  • Crow Canyon Archaeological Center fauna through 2008
    PROJECT Jonathan Driver. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University.

    Faunal data collected by Jonathan Driver and graduate students from excavation projects conducted by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, through 2008. Nineteen Ancestral Puebloan sites in the Mesa Verde region yielded fauna and other remains, primarily from the Pueblo II and Pueblo III time periods. Items archived on tDAR include the faunal datasets, coding sheets, coding guides and related manuals, and PhD dissertations based on the fauna from these projects. Archaeological information and...

  • Homol'ovi Research Program
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Tiffany Clark

    The Homol'ovi Research Program of the Arizona State Museum is a multidisciplinary venture that studies the prehistoric occupation of a portion of the middle Little Colorado River Valley in northeastern Arizona.

  • Pena Blanca faunal remains
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Nancy Akins

    Faunal data from a data recovery excavation at six sites located along NM 22 near Pena Blanca. The excavations were done by the Office of Archaeological Studies and the Office of Contract Archaeology. Sites with faunal data range from Early Developmental to Classic.

  • Salinas Glaze A Pueblos
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Tiffany Clark

    This project includes faunal data from three early Pueblo IV sites in the Salinas region of central New Mexico. This includes LA 199 (Kite Pueblo), LA 2091 (Pueblo de las Mesa), and LA 9032 (Frank's Pueblo).

Ontologies Coding Sheets