Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-048: Faunal Studies-1979

Summary

Work accomplished by the Faunal Consultant and his staff during the reporting period (1 March 1979 to 29 February 1980) included both preliminary analysis and fieldwork. Preliminary analysis was performed by a small crew at Flagstaff; standard procedures developed for this type of analysis included a basic sort into taxonomic categories and recording of characteristics for each individual bone or group of bones by taxon. During this process , worked bone was separated from unworked bone and returned as promptly as possible to the central laboratory facility near Dolores for further analysis. The remainder of the bone was also returned to the central laboratory, after preliminary analysis, for storage. Fieldwork undertaken by the Faunal Consultant during the summer of 1979 included formal observation of birds and animals in the project area and operation of several trap lines. In addition, an archaeological site (Site 5MT4654) containing packrat middens in a cliff shelter was tested to obtain representative midden deposits. These are currently being analyzed by T. Van Devender, University of Arizona, to obtain data for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2015, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.

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• National Archeological Database (NADB)

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office

Prepared By(s): University of Colorado, Dolores Archaeological Program

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 602036; 2202762; 920467; 5312020

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 8-07-40-S0562

NADB citation id number(s): 000000092458; 000000119371; 000000166866; 000000179886

Notes

General Note: As of March 2015, this and additional reports are hosted on the US Bureau of Land Management, Dolores Archaeological Program website; http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ahc/dolores_archaeological/dap_technical_reports.html

General Note: Originally this record was automatically added to tDAR from NADB. In 2015, a copy of the document was added and the record metadata was updated. Additional entries (tDAR id: 56700, 20276, 29700) for this report were marked as "duplicate".

General Note: Detailed analysis (descriptions of individual specimens or taxonomic lots) is also complete for all sites except Sites 5MT4475, 5MT2151, 5MT2192, 5MT2203, 5MT2242, 5MT2320, and 5MT4763. Appendixes have been prepared summarizing the results of these analyses, and these have been incorporated into the individual sites reports .

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