FAUNAL DATA FROM THE TANQUE VERDE WASH SITE, AZ BB:13:68 (ASM)
Jennifer A. Waters
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Waters, Jennifer A. 2011 Faunal Data from the Tanque Verde Wash site, AZ BB:13:68 (ASM).
Table 1. Identified taxa, by context, from the faunal assemblage in the northwest locus of the Tanque Verde Wash site, AZ BB:13:68 (ASM).
Area/ Feature Type/ Artifact Feature Number Context Taxon NISPa NISPa Area 1 2003 Pithouse Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 9 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 11 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 2 Medium rodent (ground squirrel-/ - 1 woodrat-sized) Ground squirrel (Spermophilus/ - 1 Ammospernophilus) Feature total - 25 2003.02 Small pit Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1 Feature total - 2 2003.03 Posthole Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 1 2004 Pithouse Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 4 Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 5 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 15 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 52 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 4 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 11 Small rodent (mouse-sized) - 1 Medium rodent (ground squirrel-/ - 2 woodrat-sized) Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys sp.) - 3 New World rat or mouse (Sigmodontinae) - 1 Indeterminate artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) - 1 Deer (Odocoileus sp.) - 1 Large mammal (deer-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 29 Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) - 1 Feature total - 131 2009 Pithouse Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 8 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 2 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 6 Large mammal (ungulate-sized) 1 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 16 Quail (Callipepla sp.) - 1 Feature total 1 34 2009.03 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 2009.09 Posthole Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1 Feature total - 2 2009.18 Floor groove Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1 2009.24 Posthole Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1
Table 1. Continued.
Area/ Feature Type/ Artifact Feature Number Context Taxon NISPa NISPa 2010 Large extramural pit Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 1 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 2 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 1 Pocket gopher (Thomomys sp.) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 10 Feature total - 16 2010.01 Hearth Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1 2010.02 Hearth Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 2012 Pithouse Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 3 Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 3 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 9 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 39 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 4 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 10 Unspecified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) 1 1 Large mammal (ungulate size) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 18 Unspecified toad (Bufo sp.) - 1 Feature total 1 89 2016 Secondary cremation Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 2084 Secondary cremation Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 2 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 2 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 2 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Small rodent (mouse-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 3 Feature total - 11 2113 Secondary cremation Pocket mouse (Perognathus sp.) - 1 2115 Secondary cremation Large mammal (ungulate size) 1 1 Nonpoisonous snake (Colubridae) - 1 Feature total 1 2 2126 Pithouse Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 1 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 10 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 22 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 3 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 17 Medium rodent (ground squirrel-/ - 1 woodrat-sized) Ground squirrel (Spermophilus/ - 1 Ammospermophilus) Pocket gopher (Thomomys sp.) - 1 Woodrat (Neotoma sp.) - 1 Unspecified fox (Vulpes/Urocyon) - 1 Unspecified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) - 2 Deer (Odocoileus sp.) - 4 Large mammal (ungulate size) 1 2
Table 1. Continued.
Area/ Feature Type/ Artifact Feature Number Context Taxon NISPa NISPa 2126 Pithouse Medium mammal (coyote-/bobcat-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 9 Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) - 1 Feature total 1 77 2126.09 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 2 2251 Dog burial Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) - 80 2278 Secondary cremation Large mammal (ungulate size) 1 1 2279 Primary inhumation Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 1 2349 Primary inhumation Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 1 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 Feature total - 2 Area 2 North 2038 Pithouse Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 1 Rabbit or hare (Leporidae) - 1 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 3 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 2 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni sp.) - 1 Medium carnivore (fox-/coyote-sized) - 1 Large mammal (deer-sized) 1 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 3 Quail (Callipepla sp.) - 2 Feature total 1 15 2042 Pithouse Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 6 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 16 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 6 Pocket mouse (Perognathus sp.) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 14 Woodpecker (Picidae) - 1 Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) - 1 Nonpoisonous snake (Colubridae) - 1 Feature total - 47 2043 Pithouse Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 1 Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 2 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 163 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 121 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 7 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 79 Pocket gopher (Thomomys sp.) - 5 New World rat or mouse (Sigmodontinae) - 2 Unspecified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) - 3 Deer (Odocoileus sp.) - 1 Large mammal (deer-sized) - 4 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 58 Quail (Callipepla sp.) - 5 Small-medium bird (quail-sized) - 1 Feature total - 452 Table 1. Continued.
Area/ Feature Type/ Artifact Feature Number Context Taxon NISPa NISPa 2043.01 Hearth Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 1 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Feature total - 3 Area 2 Central 2024 Pithouse Unidentified animal (unknown size) - 2 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 2 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 9 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Large mammal (deer-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 4 Rattlesnake (Crotalus sp.) - 24 Feature total - 43 2024.01 Roasting pit Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1 Feature total - 2 2028 Pithouse Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 1 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 7 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 3 Unspecified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) - 3 Deer (Odocoileus sp.) 1 3 Large mammal (deer-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 11 Feature total 1 29 2054 Trash concentration Deer (Odocoileus sp.) 1 1 Area 2 South 2019 Pithouse Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 2 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 7 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 57 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 5 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 17 Small rodent (mouse-sized) - 1 Unidentified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) - 2 Large mammal (deer-sized) 1 3 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 27 Quail (Callipepla sp.) - 2 Small-medium bird (quail-sized) - 2 Feature total 1 125 2019.01 Hearth Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 1 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 3 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 3 Feature total - 7 2019.04 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 8 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 1 Gray fox (Urocyon cineroargenteus) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 1 Feature total - 11 Table 1. Continued.
Area/ Feature Type/ Artifact Feature Number Context Taxon NISPa NISPa 2019.05 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 4 Small rodent (mouse-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 2 Feature total - 7
2019.08 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 2 2019.10 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 2019.13 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 3 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 2 Feature total - 5 2019.15 Posthole Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 1 2019.16 Posthole Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 2 2037 Ash pit Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 2 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 2 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 1 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 1 Ground squirrel (Spermophilus/ - 3 Ammospermophilus) Unidentified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) 1 1 Large mammal (deer-sized) - 2 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 6 Feature total 1? 16 2191 Pithouse Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 4 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 3 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 14 Antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni) - 3 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 2 Ground squirrel (Spermophilus/ - 3 Ammospermophilus) Unidentified artiodactyl (Artiodactyla) 1 2 Deer (Odocoileus sp.) 1 1 Large mammal (deer-sized) 1 10 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 14 Feature total 3 56 2192 Pithouse Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 8 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 5 Medium rodent (ground squirrel-/pocket - 1 gopher-sized) Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 2 Feature total - 16 Area 3 2035 Pithouse Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 2 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 4 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 2 Nonpoisonous snake (Colubridae) - 1 Feature total - 9
Table 1. Continued.
Area/ Feature Type/ Artifact Feature Number Context Taxon NISPa NISPa 2048 Pithouse Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 2 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 4 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 24 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 5 Ground squirrel - 2 (Spermophilus/Ammo-permophilus) Large mammal (deer-sized) - 4 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) 1 6 Quail (Callipepla sp.) - 1 Feature total 1 48 2049 Primary inhumation Unidentified animal (unknown class) - 4 Unidentified mammal (unknown size) - 3 Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 4 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 10 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 5 Small rodent (mouse-sized) - 1 Medium rodent (ground squirrel-/ - 1 woodrat-sized) Ground squirrel (Spermophilus/ - 4 Ammo-spermophilus) Small-medium mammal (skunk-/fox-sized) - 1 Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) - 6 Small-medium bird (quail-sized) - 1 Feature total - 40 2354 Primary inhumation Ground squirrel - 1 (Spermophilus/Ammo-spermophilus) 2366 Primary inhumation Cottontail (Sylvilagus sp.) - 3 Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.) - 3 Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) - 2 Medium-large mammal (large carnivore-/ - 1 small ungulate-sized) Small mammal (rodent-/rabbit-sized) 2 Feature total - 11 Site total 14 1,438 aNumber of identified specimens.