THE GAST FARM SITE (13LA12) FAUNAL REMAINS: EARLY-LATE WOODLAND SUBSISTENCE PATTERNS IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA
Summary
This paper discusses preliminary faunal data from the early Late Woodland (Weaver Focus) component at the Gast Farm site. Organic preservation was good in general at the Gast Farm site but the Weaver locus contained the largest faunal sample. More than 35,000 Weaver faunal remains were recovered, primarily from pit features and sheet midden deposits. The Weaver locus also yielded several carnivore coprolite fragments, a rare ecofact in the Upper Mississippi River valley. The quantity and diversity of the faunal material is indicative of a sedentary occupation with intensive exploitation of local food resources, especially fish, deer, and aquatic species. Future comparison of subsistence data from the Havana component at Gast Farm will allow analysis to be done on changing subsistence patterns between Havana and Weaver occupations at Gast Farm.
Cite this Record
THE GAST FARM SITE (13LA12) FAUNAL REMAINS: EARLY-LATE WOODLAND SUBSISTENCE PATTERNS IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. Mary Whelan, Margot Neverett, Kristin Sobolik. Presented at Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, PA. 1992 ( tDAR id: 6414) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8KS6Q78
Keywords
Site Type
Burial Mound
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Hamlet / Village
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Ring midden
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Settlements
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Site Evaluation / Testing
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Systematic Survey
General
Coprolite
Spatial Coverage
min long: -91.187; min lat: 41.268 ; max long: -91.131; max lat: 41.327 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Mary Whelan; University of Iowa
Record Identifiers
NADB document id number(s): 5234354
NADB citation id number(s): 000000165767
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