Contents: Faunal Analysis
Description: Faunal remains were recovered from 19 of the 27 sites investigated as part of the RCD project. Most of the faunal data was recovered from ¼ inch mesh, although selected samples were taken from five sites with 1/8 inch mesh. The 1/8 inch mesh samples all come from trash mounds and were taken to test faunal recovery. All faunal remains were analyzed except some from Meddler Point and Griffin Wash, where, due to the large numbers of animal remains, only faunal material from well-dated contexts was analyzed. Material was sorted into vertebrate classes, bone artifacts, and unidentifiable remains. Assemblage quantification was based on number of identified specimens per taxon (NISP).
Reference: Mark D. Elson and Jeffrey J. Clark, 1995, The Roosevelt Community Development Study, vol. 3: Paleobotanical and Osteological Analysis, Anthropological Papers no. 14, Center for Desert Archaeology, pp. 85-168.
Primary Key: Site + Prov + Bag + Species
Parent Table: None
Columns:
| Name | Type | Size | Contents | Value |
| SITE | NUMBER | Integer | ASM site number | |
| PROV | NUMBER | Integer | Provience/field number for spacial location | |
| BAG | NUMBER | Integer | Bag number of artifact collection | |
| FEATNUM | NUMBER | 7,3 | Feature number | |
| SPECIES | NUMBER | Integer | Species/animal type | RCD_SPECIES_FAUNL |
| ELEMTYPE | NUMBER | Integer | Element type | RCD_ELEMTYPE_FAUNL |
| ELEMPART | NUMBER | Integer | Element part | RCD_ELEMPART_FAUNL |
| BONEPORT | NUMBER | Integer | Bone portion | RCD_BONEPORT_FAUNL |
| AGE | NUMBER | Integer | Age of artifact | RCD_AGE_FAUNL |
| SYM | NUMBER | Integer | Side of body (such as left or right hand) | RCD_SYM_FAUNL |
| BUR | NUMBER | Integer | Was artifact burned | RCD_BUR_FAUNL |
| MODI | NUMBER | Integer | Modification of artifact | RCD_MODI_FAUNL |
| BONEART | NUMBER | Integer | Type of worked bone | RCD_BONEART_FAUNL |
| ACTFRAGS | NUMBER | Integer | Artifact fragments | |
| MINFRAGS | NUMBER | Integer | Minimum fragments | |
| LENGTH | NUMBER | 10,3 | Measurement of length (mm) | |
| WIDTH | NUMBER | 10,3 | Measurement of width (mm) | |
| COMMENTS | VARCHAR | 50 | Additional comments about the artifact | |
| ANALNUM | NUMBER | 10,4 | Analysis number | |
| SCREEN | NUMBER | Integer | Screening used? What measurement of screen used |