"Faunal Remains," by Robert J. Muir and Jonathan C. Driver

Table 9. NISP Counts by Skeletal Region for Common Faunal Taxa, Yellow Jacket Pueblo
Taxon Skeletal Region
Craniala Axial Pectoral Girdle Upper Forelimb Lower Forelimb Innominate Upper Hind Limb Lower Hind Limb Phalanges
Humerus Radius and Ulna Carpal Metacarpal (Carpometacarpus) Femur Tibia (Tibiotarsus) and Fibula Tarsal Metatarsal (Tarsometatarsus)
All Medium Artiodactyl 22 62 5 3 14 9 6 2 7 13 13 9 15
   Block 1200 5 43 2 2 6 6 2 2 4 5 6 6 4
   All other areas 17 19 3 1 8 3 4 0 3 8 5 3 11
All Medium Carnivore 11 7 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 3 6
Lepus sp. 30 32 15 18 23 29 8 19 24 24 30 11 10
Sylvilagus sp. 225 104 82 85 99 62 7 142 75 108 62 52 18
All Sciuridae 51 5 15 12 23 1 0 12 10 13 1 0 0
All Geomyidae 58 4 2 6 4 1 0 8 8 5 1 0 0
Neotoma sp. 43 11 6 8 1 2 0 12 18 11 2 0 0
Meleagris gallopavo 25 40 58 30 43 23 (21) 16 7 (52) 0 (44) 77
NISP = number of identified specimens.

aExcluding teeth.
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