A Preliminary Zooarchaeological Analysis of the Houck Sites in Northeastern Arizona

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

American Southwest zooarchaeological analyses have established that ancestral communities employed or interacted with a wide-range of species, with dietary focus on rabbits and deer. Working with Museum of Northern Arizona curated collections of previously excavated faunal assemblages from the Houck sites, this poster presents the preliminary data collection and analysis of identified taxon or size class, element, age/sex, as well as taphonomic agents and effects. Our analyses demonstrate the similarities in animal use with other northern Southwest sites. For that reason we also report the Lagomorph and Artiodactyl indices for comparison with other Northern Arizona sites analyzed. Finally, we discuss other animals, such as turkeys, dogs, macaws, and some novelties, such as bison to holistically explain our preliminary findings.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37447.0