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West Point-29

Site Details

Site Number: 45-KI-429
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-429 Units	None	None	1995	Coarse
45-KI-429 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

32 Distinct Fine Taxa Found:

Excavation Name			45-KI-429 Column Sample
Taxonomic Class	Fine Screen Taxa	Site Totals	Excavation Totals
Fish	Herring (TSN)	32	32
Fish	Anchovy (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Salmon (TSN)	863	863
Fish	Rockfish (TSN)	5	5
Fish	Sablefish (TSN)	10	10
Fish	Greenling (TSN)	26	26
Fish	Dogfish (TSN)	64	64
Fish	Ratfish (TSN)	173	173
Fish	Skate sp. (TSN)	3	3
Fish	Perch sp. (TSN)	64	64
Fish	Pile Perch (TSN)	34	34
Fish	Shiner Perch (TSN)	11	11
Fish	Gadid (not Hake) (TSN)	13	13
Fish	Pacific Hake (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Tomcod (TSN)	64	64
Fish	English Sole (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Flatfish spp. (TSN)	526	526
Fish	Sanddab (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Starry Flounder (TSN)	10	10
Fish	Sculpin spp. (TSN)	4	4
Fish	Cabezon (TSN)	3	3
Fish	R. Irish Lord (TSN)	3	3
Fish	Great Sculpin (TSN)	2	2
Fish	Buffalo Sculpin (TSN)	4	4
Fish	Staghorn Sculpin (TSN)	365	365
Fish	Plainfin Midshipman (TSN)	11	11
Fish	Sucker (Catostomus) (TSN)	4	4
Fish	Cyprinid / Castomid (TSN)	6	6
Fish	Cyprinids (carps) (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Wolfeel (TSN)	3	3
Fish	Northern Squawfish (TSN)	1	1
Fish	Poacher (Agonidae) (TSN)	1	1
Sampling Totals		2312	2312

⏷ Coarse Taxa Bone Counts

10 Distinct Coarse Taxa Found:

Excavation Name			45-KI-429 Units
Taxonomic Class	Coarse Screen Taxa	Site Totals	Excavation Totals
Mammal	Harbour S. (TSN)	35	35
Mammal	Dolphin /porpoise (TSN)	4	4
Mammal	Deer (TSN)	35	35
Mammal	Elk (TSN)	14	14
Mammal	Bear (TSN)	2	2
Mammal	Lynx (TSN)	3	3
Mammal	Beaver (TSN)	4	4
Mammal	Mountain Beaver (TSN)	17	17
Mammal	Skunk (TSN)	1	1
Mammal	rabbit (TSN)	1	1
Sampling Totals		116	116

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.