"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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