Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-048: Faunal Studies-1979

Work accomplished by the Faunal Consultant and his staff during the reporting period (1 March 1979 to 29 February 1980) included both preliminary analysis and fieldwork. Preliminary analysis was performed by a small crew at Flagstaff; standard procedures developed for this type of analysis included a basic sort into taxonomic categories and recording of characteristics for each individual bone or group of bones by taxon. During this process , worked bone was separated from unworked bone and returned as promptly as possible to the central laboratory facility near Dolores for further analysis. The remainder of the bone was also returned to the central laboratory, after preliminary analysis, for storage. Fieldwork undertaken by the Faunal Consultant during the summer of 1979 included formal observation of birds and animals in the project area and operation of several trap lines. In addition, an archaeological site (Site 5MT4654) containing packrat middens in a cliff shelter was tested to obtain representative midden deposits. These are currently being analyzed by T. Van Devender, University of Arizona, to obtain data for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

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