Why so many wings? A re-examination of avian skeletal part representation in the south-central Northwest Coast, USA

Bovy, Kristine M.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.028

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“…They claim that species with a higher degree of specialization in terms of their modes of locomotion may develop higher bone density. This hypothesis was also used by Laroulandie and Lef evre (2014), although it does not always work (Bovy, 2002(Bovy, , 2012. In our case, none of the units of Teixoneres seems to stands out with regard to differential conservation due to bone density.…”

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Who eats whom? Taphonomic analysis of the avian record from the Middle Paleolithic site of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

Rufà

Blasco

Rivals

et al. 2016

Quaternary International

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confidence: 45%

Who eats whom? Taphonomic analysis of the avian record from the Middle Paleolithic site of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

Rufà

Blasco

Rivals

et al. 2016

Quaternary International

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“…We do not observe a predominance of wing elements over leg elements, nor a prevalence of distal wing elements over proximal wing elements, as noted in other bird assemblages (see references in Bovy 2002 and 2012). We rather see a deficit of the radius and, to a lesser degree, of the ulna, in all six samples.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…The distribution of avian skeletal parts in an osteological assemblage is a question often debated among archaeozoologists, either to determine the nature of the accumulation (natural versus anthropological) or to understand the various processes that have affected the studied assemblage, and a growing literature discusses a number of cases (Bovy, , ; Crockford et al ., ; Cruz, ; Ericson, ; Gotfredsen, ; Livingston, ; Mourer‐Chauviré, ; see also references in Serjeantson, ).…”

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Avian Skeletal Part Representation: A Case Study from Offing 2, A Hunter‐Gatherer‐Fisher Site in the Strait of Magellan (Chile)

Lefèvre

Laroulandie

2013

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The large midden site of Offing 2 (southern Chile) has yielded a series of human occupations dating back to 4200-2500 BP. From a very large collection of bird specimens, we sampled over 45 000 bird bones from four taxa (Diomedea sp., Procellaria sp., Phalacrocorax sp. and Sterna hirundinacea). The distributions of skeletal parts do not contradict the bone density and functional anatomy hypotheses for cormorants and terns, but the observed data for albatross and petrel are less convincing. The presence of most or all elements (except for the terns) indicates that the birds were brought back to the site as complete carcasses. The deficit of some of the long wing bones observed for albatross and petrel is remarkable and may indicate a particular removal for later use as raw material for tools or trade goods.

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“…; deFrance et al 2001:420; Keefer et al 1998:1833–1834). Similarly, procurement at Watmough Bay in the Pacific Northwest focused on ducks (Anatidae; Bovy 2012). At Tlacuachero, an Archaic period shell-mound on the coast of the Soconusco, bird procurement targeted cormorants (Wake and Voorhies 2015).…”

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Early Formative Period Bird Use at Paso De La Amada, Mexico

2018

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Avifaunal remains from archaeological sites have a largely unrecognized explanatory potential. Archaeological, ethnohistoric, and ethnographic records have shown that, especially in Mesoamerica, birds and their products have served a wide range of utilitarian, decorative, and symbolic purposes. Despite their ability to inform research on many aspects of prehistoric life, avifaunal remains from archaeological contexts remain under-studied. This paper demonstrates how a holistic approach to their analysis—one that explores several types of human-bird interaction—can move beyond studies of subsistence. A previously reported and newly updated avifaunal collection was reanalyzed to shed light on the relationship between the many uses of birds and the establishment of hereditary inequality at Paso de la Amada, an Early Formative period ceremonial center on the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico. Results indicate that Early Formative people used birds as a source of food, feathers, and bone, and that the ritual use of birds was an important component of status display. Even at this early date, birds were symbolically valuable and played a role in ritual performance, suggesting that their later significance in Mesoamerican ritual, religion, and iconography has an antecedent beginning no later than 1700 BC.

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Why so many wings? A re-examination of avian skeletal part representation in the south-central Northwest Coast, USA

Cited by 36 publications

References 26 publications

Who eats whom? Taphonomic analysis of the avian record from the Middle Paleolithic site of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

Who eats whom? Taphonomic analysis of the avian record from the Middle Paleolithic site of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

Avian Skeletal Part Representation: A Case Study from Offing 2, A Hunter‐Gatherer‐Fisher Site in the Strait of Magellan (Chile)

Early Formative Period Bird Use at Paso De La Amada, Mexico

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