Faunal Chronicles: Unearthing Cultural Significance in San Antonio del Embudo’s Eighteenth- to Nineteenth-Century Animal Remains

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this poster, I report on the faunal remains recovered from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century midden deposits in San Antonio del Embudo, a small settler village in northern New Mexico. I analyze species choices, skeletal element distribution, age profiles, and processing marks (cut, burn, fragment) along with disposal patterns. These remains unveil the story of rural settler families navigating violent uncertainties, transcending mere sustenance to reveal the pastoral traditions and foodways of these resilient families. Amidst relentless precarity, their cultural identities are etched onto these bones.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39774.0