8. Proportion of Maize and Other Botanicals in Assemblage
Bean
Gourd
Maize
Sunflower
Acorn
Black Walnut
Butternut
Hickory
Walnut sp.
Oak
Walnut
Pigweed
Goosefoot
Knotweed
Sumac
Brambles
Raspberry
Elderberry
Grape
9. Identified Species and MNI
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
White-Tailed Deer
Elk
Black Bear
Domestic Dog
Beaver
Gray Fox
Rabbit
Raccoon
Gray Squirrel
Muskrat
Bald Eagle
Raven
Ring-necked Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Turkey
Falconiformes sp.
Passeriformes sp.
Box Turtle
Snapping Turtle
Eastern Painted Turtle
Black Racer
Rattlesnake
Water Snake
10. Disarticulation Cuts Upper-Lower Forelimb Joint
Deer Deer Radii
Humerus Proximal
Distal End Ends
Deer Elk
Ulna Radius
Proximal Proximal
End End
16. Cut Marks Related to Gutting
Deer
Pelvis
(cut on
medial
surface)
Elk
Pelvis
(cuts on
ventral
surface)
Deer Sacrum (showing cut on ventral
[bottom] surface)
17. Bear Elements with Butchery Marks
Canine Tooth (showing parallel Radius (showing cut marks
cuts on root) near distal end)
Femur
(showing
Humerus multiple
(showing cut marks
cut marks near
near distal proximal
end) end)
24. Bone Tools
Fish Hook Blanks and Awls
Finished Hook
Awl or Needle made from Left: Possible Antler Flaking Tool
Raccoon Fibula Right: Unmodified Tine
28. Antler Flaking Tools
Left: Flaking Tool; Right: Unmodified Tine
Antler Flaking Tools (grouped in lower left
of image) from Kent 1993:Fig. 33
29. Examples of Carnivore Gnawed Elements
Deer Humerus (tooth pitting evident
at right)
Deer
Humerus
(pitting
and some
scooping
at distal
end)
Elk Radius and Ulna (intensive scooping
and polished crenulated edges at fused
distal ends)
30. Age Calculations for Represented Deer
(based on tooth eruption and wear)
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
MNI
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1 year 1.5 years 2 to 2.5 2 years 2.5 to 3 5 to 5.5 5.5 to 6 6 to 6.5
years years years years years
Age Range