ANP 203 Lecture 16: Introduction to Archaeology Lecture #16 Notes
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Seasonality of harvest of plants and animals. Human mobility patterns and ranges, substitute technology. Number of identified specimens(nisp) - number of individual bones you can identify(to species), tends to overestimate. Minimum number of individuals(mni) - number of individual animals indicated by body parts (eg, left mandibles), tend to underestimate. 13. 6 kg of faunal remains from one cubic meter of tp deposits. Cuncaicha"s inhabitants hunted vicu a, guanaco, and taruka. Entire animals were processed intensively at shelter. Incremental analysis of arch faunal remains for seasonality of harvest(and site occupation) We also examine 18 o of camelid incisors(cuncaicha) for paleo-precipitation and. Mesodesma donacium clam shells for sea-surface temperature history. Tiny seeds and other remains are fragile and do not tend to be preserved well. Only recently have archists incorporated fine screening, flotation etc for retrieval. Paleoethnobotany - study of arch botanical remains, includes both macroscopic and microscopic remains.
