essay

Faunal remains from Todsen Cave

preliminary investigations of the archaic in the region of las cruces, new mexico • (9) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 68-104

By: Dawson, Peter.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Dawson analyzed a sample of the faunal remains from several units from behind the dripline and outside the dripline of the rockshelter. More than ninety percent of the remains were mammalian.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Fauna

Diet

Archaeological inventories

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Middle-Late Desert Archaic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2010

RegionThe area the document pertains to

North America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southwest and Basin

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

essay

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Faunal Analyst

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry; 2010

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1987

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

older than 12,000–15 BP (older than 10,000 BC–AD 1985)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Todsen Rockshelter (LA5531), south-central New Mexico, United States

NotesAdditional notes

Peter Dawson

'Publication of this report was supported by funding from the Legacy Resource Management Program of the Department of Defense'

For bibliographical references see document 7: MacNeish

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Indians of North America--New Mexico--Antiquities

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chihuahua--Antiquities

Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--Antiquities

New Mexico--Antiquities