Kit‘n‘Kaboodle, Dall Island

Site Details


Site Number
49-DIX-46
Region
SEAK
Excavations
2 (2 levels)
Radiocarbon Dates
2460-2740 & 1570-2580 BPcal BP, 5000–2000
No CARD Analogue Found
Volumes
No Volume Data
Dating Notes
Area D, AC, and B Combined
Dating Reference
Moss 2008:49

Excavations


Excavation Project Team Permit Year Screen Size Actions
49-DIX-46 Units None None 2015 Coarse
49-DIX-46 Column Sample UofOregon None 2008 Fine

Levels Summary

Fine Screen

Number of levels
0
Analysts
M. Moss
Faunal Labs
UofOregon
Methods
Excavation
Screen Sizes
1.6 mm
Coarse Screen

Number of levels
0
Analysts
Moss
Faunal Labs
Uoregon
Methods
None
Screen Sizes

Fine Taxa Bone Counts

13 Distinct Fine Taxa Found:

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Fine Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Fish Herring (TSN) 10 10
Fish Salmonid (TSN) 1 1
Fish Rockfish (TSN) 123 123
Fish Lingcod (TSN) 2 2
Fish Greenling (TSN) 13 13
Fish Dogfish (TSN) 1 1
Fish Gadid (not Hake) (TSN) 4 4
Fish Gadiformes (cod/hake/ pollock) (TSN) 2 2
Fish Halibut (TSN) 7 7
Fish Sculpin spp. (TSN) 5 5
Fish Prickleback (TSN) 20 20
Fish Eelpout (TSN) 5 5
Fish Stickleback (TSN) 1 1
Sampling Totals 194 194

Coarse Taxa Bone Counts

9 Distinct Coarse Taxa Found:

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Coarse Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Mammal Harbour S. (TSN) 6 6
Mammal Deer (TSN) 154 154
Mammal Black Bear (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Sea Otter (TSN) 8 8
Mammal River Otter (TSN) 2 2
Mammal Mink (TSN) 2 2
Mammal mustelid/ weasal (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Mouse/Vole (TSN) 1 1
Mammal Shrews (TSN) 2 2
Sampling Totals 177 177

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Coarse Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Mammal Unidentified Mammal (TSN) 1155 1155
Sampling Totals 1155 1155

References

  1. Moss, M. L. (2008). "Outer Coast Maritime Adaptations in Southern Southeast Alaska: Tlingit or Haida?" Arctic Anthropology 45(1): 41–60.
  2. Moss, M. L. (2015). "An Ethnozooarchaeological Study of Land Otters and People at Kit’n’Kaboodle (49-DIX-46), Dall Island, Alaska." BC Studies(187): 21–50.