Qwu?gwes

Site Details


Site Number
45-TN-240
Region
Salish Sea
Excavations
1 (1 level)
Radiocarbon Dates
None
No CARD Analogue Found
Volumes
No Volume Data
Dating Notes
7 dates on wood or charcoal - one very old 3500bp date rejected as contamination
Dating Reference
Croes et al. 2013:92

Excavations


Excavation Project Team Permit Year Screen Size Actions
45-TN-240 Units None None 2013 Coarse

Levels Summary

Coarse Screen

Number of levels
0
Analysts
Wigen
Faunal Labs
UVic
Methods
None
Screen Sizes

Coarse Taxa Bone Counts

33 Distinct Coarse Taxa Found:

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Coarse Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Mammal Domestic Dog (TSN) 8 8
Mammal Coyote? (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Canis sp. (TSN) 4 4
Mammal Harbour S. (TSN) 16 16
Mammal False Killer whale? (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Whale (not dolphin/porpoise) (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Deer (TSN) 399 399
Mammal Elk (TSN) 78 78
Mammal ungulate (cervid/artiodactyl) (TSN) 99 99
Mammal Black Bear (TSN) 8 8
Mammal Cougar (TSN) 2 2
Mammal Bobcat (TSN) 5 5
Mammal Bobcat/lynx (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Large Carnivore (TSN) 3 3
Mammal Medium Carnivore (TSN) 3 3
Mammal River Otter (TSN) 3 3
Mammal Beaver (TSN) 27 27
Mammal Mountain Beaver (TSN) 46 46
Mammal Marmot? (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Fisher (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Badger/Skunk? (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Skunk (TSN) 27 27
Mammal Muskrat (TSN) 3 3
Mammal Porcupine (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Raccoon (TSN) 9 9
Mammal Bushy tailed woodrat (TSN) 2 2
Mammal Red Squirrel (TSN) 6 6
Mammal Chipmunk (TSN) 2 2
Mammal mouse (TSN) 16 16
Mammal Vole (TSN) 10 10
Mammal Med Rodent (TSN) 2 2
Mammal Snowshoe Hare (TSN) 8 8
Mammal hare/rabbit small (TSN) 1 1
Sampling Totals 795 795

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Coarse Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Mammal Unidentified Large Mammal (TSN) 114 114
Mammal Unidentified Large land mammal (TSN) 1022 1022
Mammal Unidentified Mammal (TSN) 3018 3018
Mammal Unidentified Med mammal (TSN) 17 17
Mammal Unidentified Sea mammal (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Unidentified Small Mammal (TSN) 13 13
Mammal Unidentified V. Large Land Mammal (TSN) 66 66
Mammal Unidentified V. Large mammal (TSN) 7 7
Sampling Totals 4258 4258

References

  1. Wigen, R. J. (2013). Vertebrate Fauna. Qwu?gwes: The Qwu?gwes Archaeological Site and Fish Trap (45TN240), and Tested Homestead (45TN396), An Eleven-Year South Puget Sound Community College Summer Field School Investigations with the Squaxin Island Tribe —Final Report—. D. R. Croes: 110–143.