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West Point-28

Site Details

Site Number: 45-KI-428
Region: Salish Sea
Excavations: 2 (2 levels)
Radiocarbon Dates: All periods
CARD Analogue
Volumes: No Volume Data
Dating Notes: 68 dates underpin West Point sequence
Dating Reference: Larson and Lewarch 1995:Table 6.1, pg 6-4–6-5

⏷ Excavations

Excavation	Project Team	Permit	Year	Screen Size	Actions
45-KI-428 Units	None	None	1995	Coarse
45-KI-428 Column Sample	Larson	None	1995	Fine

⏵ Levels Summary

warning Attention: Please add bone counts to the level Excavation Totals to see the associated bone counts table for Fine.

warning Attention: Please add bone counts to the level Excavation Totals to see the associated bone counts table for Coarse.

⏷ Fine Taxa Bone Counts

34 Distinct Fine Taxa Found:

Excavation Name			45-KI-428 Column Sample
Taxonomic Class	Fine Screen Taxa	Site Totals	Excavation Totals
Fish	Herring (TSN)	95	95
Fish	Anchovy (TSN)	5	5
Fish	Salmon (TSN)	2172	2172
Fish	Rockfish (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Sablefish (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Greenling (TSN)	16	16
Fish	Dogfish (TSN)	239	239
Fish	Ratfish (TSN)	123	123
Fish	Skate sp. (TSN)	8	8
Fish	Perch sp. (TSN)	176	176
Fish	Pile Perch (TSN)	211	211
Fish	Shiner Perch (TSN)	32	32
Fish	Striped Seaperch (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Gadid (not Hake) (TSN)	21	21
Fish	Tomcod (TSN)	47	47
Fish	English Sole (TSN)	4	4
Fish	Flatfish spp. (TSN)	1485	1485
Fish	Rock Sole (TSN)	16	16
Fish	Sanddab (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Starry Flounder (TSN)	17	17
Fish	cf. Starry Flounder (TSN)	8	8
Fish	Sculpin spp. (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Cabezon (TSN)	12	12
Fish	R. Irish Lord (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Great Sculpin (TSN)	5	5
Fish	Buffalo Sculpin (TSN)	8	8
Fish	Staghorn Sculpin (TSN)	737	737
Fish	Plainfin Midshipman (TSN)	58	58
Fish	Sucker (Catostomus) (TSN)	37	37
Fish	Cyprinid / Castomid (TSN)	177	177
Fish	Cyprinids (carps) (TSN)	50	50
Fish	Sturgeon (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Northern Squawfish (TSN)	9	9
Fish	Peamouth Chub (TSN)	14	14
Sampling Totals		5793	5793

⏷ Coarse Taxa Bone Counts

16 Distinct Coarse Taxa Found:

Excavation Name			45-KI-428 Units
Taxonomic Class	Coarse Screen Taxa	Site Totals	Excavation Totals
Mammal	Canis sp. (TSN)	5	5
Mammal	Harbour S. (TSN)	40	40
Mammal	Cetecean (but not dolphin?) (TSN)	6	6
Mammal	Dolphin /porpoise (TSN)	12	12
Mammal	Deer (TSN)	178	178
Mammal	ungulate (cervid/artiodactyl) (TSN)	54	54
Mammal	Bear (TSN)	1	1
Mammal	Lynx (TSN)	1	1
Mammal	River Otter (TSN)	1	1
Mammal	Beaver (TSN)	20	20
Mammal	Mountain Beaver (TSN)	69	69
Mammal	Marten (TSN)	4	4
Mammal	Muskrat (TSN)	2	2
Mammal	Raccoon (TSN)	2	2
Mammal	Vole (TSN)	2	2
Mammal	rabbit (TSN)	16	16
Sampling Totals		413	413

References

Wigen, R. J. (1995). Appendix 5: Fish 45-KI-428 and 45-KI-429. The Archaeology of West Point, Seattle, Washington: 4000 Years of Hunter-Fisher-Gatherer Land Use in Southern Puget Sound. L. L. Larson and D. E. Lewarch. Seattle, Larson Anthropological/Archaeological Services report prepared for KIng County Department of Metropolitan Services: A5.1–A5.78.
Larson, L. L. and D. E. Lewarch (1995). The Archaeology of West Point, Seattle, Washington: 4,000 Years of Hunter-Fisher-Gatherer Land Use in Southern Puget Sound, Larson Anthropological / Archaeological Services report prepared for King County and the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia.