Noxon Tenancy Site [7NC-F-133]: Caprine Faunal Specimen Recovered from Feature Contexts

Creator(s): Louis Berger

Year: 2012

Summary

Laboratory photo of selected Caprine (sheep/goat) faunal elements. Top-left: pelvis recovered from Feature 66, Stratum A, Level 1 (274.36). Bottom-left: mandible recovered from Feature 4, Stratum A, Level 1, Southeast 1/2 (167.29). Center-right: tibia recovered from Feature 8, Stratum A, Level 1 (181.31). Far-right: metacarpal recovered from Feature 1, Stratum A, Level 2 (79.31).

Cite this Record

Noxon Tenancy Site [7NC-F-133]: Caprine Faunal Specimen Recovered from Feature Contexts. Louis Berger. Washington, DC: Louis Berger. 2012 ( tDAR id: 437528) ; doi:10.6067/XCV84M9749

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections


Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal

Site Name
Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133)

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Fence • House • Midden • Pit • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Well

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
cart roads • Refined Colonial Ceramics • Soil Chemcial Analysis • Tenant Farm

Geographic Keywords
Drainage Divide • Upper Coastal Plain

Temporal Keywords
Intensified and Durable Occupation (1730-1770)

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1740 to 1770

Spatial Coverage

min long: -75.733; min lat: 39.465 ; max long: -75.706; max lat: 39.503 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Heidi Krofft

Contributor(s): Andrew Wilkins

Field Director(s): Jason Shellenhammer

Principal Investigator(s): John Bedell

Sponsor(s): Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Permitting Agency(s): DelDOT

Repository(s): Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Curatorial Facility

Prepared By(s): The Louis Berger Group

Submitted To(s): DelDOT

Record Identifiers

Task Order Number(s): 11; 8

Agreement Number(s): 1538

Louis Berger Project Number(s): 2001831.007

Notes

Redaction Note: Figures and text relating site location information have been redacted

Source Collections

Artifact assemblage and excavation records transferred to Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Curatorial Facility, Dover, DE.

Related Comparative Collections

Comparative collections used for artifact and faunal identifications maintained at Louis Berger's Archaeological Laboratory in Kansas City, MO.

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