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Archaeological Bird Bones from Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Lyndon L. Hargrave
Lyndon L. Hargrave*
Affiliation:
Southwest Archeological Center, Globe, Arizona
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Abstract

Bird bones from sites on Chapin Mesa, in the collection of the Mesa Verde Museum, were examined. From such a study, it is possible to learn something about the distribution (temporal and spatial) of certain bird species, the use made of them by prehistoric peoples, and certain aspects of the ecology. Birds identified included Whistling Swan, Mallard or Mexican Duck, Hawk, Sage Grouse, Turkey, Sandhill Crane, Great Horned Owl, Black-billed Magpie, Common Raven, and Common Crow.

Type
3 The Natural Sciences
Information
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 19: Contributions of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project , October 1965 , pp. 156 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1965 

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Footnotes

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This is Contribution No. 27 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.

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