Using the Anasazi Origins Project Faunal Remains to Determine Archaic Subsistence Patterns

Summary

The purpose of this study is to prevent the loss of important archaeological information by examining a collection of faunal remains from the Anasazi Origins Project (AOP) that have been virtually untouched since their excavation. Re-evaluation of these collections will allow us to identify their research potential, as well as possible cultural significance that was not identified during initial investigations. The collection being examined for this study is the Anasazi Origins Project. Excavated in the 1970s by Cynthia Irwin-Williams, this collection comes from a series of sites in northern New Mexico dating from the Archaic to the Ancestral Pueblo Periods. Only the faunal remains will be analyzed for this study. Once collected, all the faunal data will be gathered and analyzed according to time period. The Archaic faunal data collected from the AOP collection will be analyzed in comparison with other faunal data gathered from the area to identify Archaic Period subsistence patterns. Lastly, all the information gathered during the study will be added to tDar so that it may be used for future research.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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