The Čḯxʷicən Mammal Bone Project
A Report on Methods and Descriptive Summary of Identifications and Primary Data Set
Project Abstract
Banner photo credit: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe on Canoe Journey, 2019, photo used with permission by Keri Ellis and LEKT
Overview
The Čḯxʷicən site is a Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT) village in Port Angeles, WA, U.S.A., at the base of Ediz Hook on the south shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca that was occupied for the past 2,700 years (Larson 2006). In 2004, Larson Anthropological Archaeological Services (LAAS) and LEKT members excavated the site with large open blocks of 1 x 1 m units by finely defined stratigraphic layers (Reetz et al. 2006). In 2012, Kristine Bovy (University of Rhode Island), Virginia Butler (Portland State University [PSU]), Sarah Campbell (Western Washington University [WWU]), Michael Etnier (WWU), and Sarah Sterling (PSU) initiated a research project focusing on Čḯxʷicən’s faunal remains and geo-archaeological records from the 2004 mitigation. As part of project design, we selected to study excavation areas that were linked to two possible plankhouses, to include interior and extramural deposits.
The Mammal Bone Project includes a report on the sample selection and processing decisions, taxonomic and taphonomic summaries, and analysis criteria for taxonomic identifications; and the primary data set generated from the analysis. The Mammal Bone Project is part of a larger zooarchaeological-geoarchaeological project, The Čḯxʷicən Project.
Support
Funding for this project came largely from the National Science Foundation [grant number 1219483].
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| Contributor Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) | Michael A Etnier Vocabulary: The Čḯxʷicən Project |
| Creator Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
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Records associated with this project have yet to be indexed. These records are still in preparation and not yet fully published.
Suggested Citation
Michael A Etnier. (2018) "The Čḯxʷicən Mammal Bone Project". Virginia L Butler, Kristine M Bovy, Sarah K Campbell, Sarah L Sterling (Ed). Released: 2018-12-01. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/projects/2e36ba29-2bb9-4e78-a4c4-6babfc20ff6d> DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7KH0KD7
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