Patterns of Faunal Procurement and Consumption at the Mission Santa Clara de Asís Ranchería (CA-SCL-30H)

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Archaeological Research by PaleoWest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Excavations at the ranchería at Mission Santa Clara de Asís (CA-SCL-30H) yielded a large and well-preserved faunal assemblage. Using data from the analysis of these remains, this poster explores the domestic subsistence behaviors of the Native Americans who occupied the adobe structures at the mission. Although the predominance of cattle attests to the economic importance of domesticates in the Native diet, the abundance of small wild game suggests some continuation of traditional hunting practices. The low frequencies of large game and shellfish indicate that mission labor demands and possible restrictions in movement curtailed long-distance hunting and shellfish gathering forays.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Archaeological Research by PaleoWest   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36849.0