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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AN ANALYSIS OF FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE BIRD HAMMOCK SITE (8Wa30) By CLAIRE ELIZABETH NANFRO A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2004 The members of the Committee approve the thesis of Claire Elizabeth Nanfro defended on August 12, 2004. ___________________________________ Rochelle Marrinan Professor Directing Thesis ___________________________________ Glen Doran Committee Member ___________________________________ William Parkinson Committee Member Approved: _________________________________________ Dean Falk, Chair, Department of Anthropology The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables v List of Figures vi Abstract vii 1.CHAPTER ONE:INTRODUCTION 1 2.CHAPTER TWO:LITERATURE, METHOD, AND THEORY 6 Chronology and Culture History 6 The Woodland Period 6 Methodological and Theoretical Overview 10 Introduction 10 Faunal Remains and Archaeological Theory 11 Methodology (NISP, MNI, Biomass) 12 Introduction 12 NISP Defined 12 NISP Critique 13 MNI Defined 14 MNI Critique 15 Biomass