St. Croix Island Faunal Remains Final Prokect Report

Description: 

This faunal (food animal bone identification) project resulted from discussions among Steven Pendery (NPS), Rebecca Cole-Will (NPS, Acadia National Park) and Arthur Spiess (Maine Historic Preservation) in the spring of 2010. The purpose was to complete a non-destructive identification of the animal bone excavated in 1968/1969 by Temple University, now curated at Acadia National Park. The non-destructive analysis included database and text descriptions of bone element and taxon, bone state of preservation (“green”, burned/blackened, or calcined), weight, measurements if useful, and age indicators following standard procedures of data collection outlined in Spiess and Lewis (2002 The Turner Farm Fauna). Data on shellfish (Mya) in the collection were not recorded.

People: 
Arthur Spiess, Steven Pendery, Rebecca Cole-Will
Community: 
Passamaquoddy
Category: 
Resource, Manuscripts and Publications
Keywords: 
St. Croix Island, Faunal, Animal bones, Bones, archaeology, NPS, National Park Service, Acadia National Park, Maine Historic Preservation, Archaeologist, Identification, Excavation, Temple University, Analysis, Database, Excel, Preservation, Feature, French Settlement, Samuel de Champlain, Port Royal, Shell Midden, Pre-contact, Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Bluebird, Fish, Sheep, Goat, Modified Bone, Bone fragments, Teeth, Assemblage, Context, Moose, Beaver, Bone Tool
Collections: 
Reports/Journals
Original Date: 
2010 December
Creator: 
Arthur Spiess
Language: 
English
Source: 
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Publisher: 
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Format: 
PDF, Excel Spreadsheet