Daax Haat Kanadaa

Site Details


Site Number
49-SIT-244
Region
SEAK
Excavations
2 (2 levels)
Radiocarbon Dates
220-1000
No CARD Analogue Found
Volumes
- Kg / 55.0 L
Dating Notes
excludes material collected in the 1950s
Dating Reference
Moss 1989:169

Excavations


Excavation Project Team Permit Year Screen Size Actions
49-SIT-244 Units None None 1989 Coarse
49-SIT-244 Column Sample UofOregon None 1989 Fine

Levels Summary

Fine Screen

Number of levels
0
Analysts
M. Moss
Faunal Labs
UofOregon
Methods
Column
Screen Sizes
3.2 & 2 mm
Coarse Screen

Number of levels
0
Analysts
de Laguna
Faunal Labs
Bryn Mayr?
Methods
None
Screen Sizes

Fine Taxa Bone Counts

10 Distinct Fine Taxa Found:

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Fine Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Fish Herring (TSN) 952 952
Fish Salmonid (TSN) 755 755
Fish Rockfish (TSN) 3 3
Fish Greenling (TSN) 4 4
Fish Gadiformes (cod/hake/ pollock) (TSN) 2 2
Fish Halibut (TSN) 1 1
Fish Sculpin spp. (TSN) 5 5
Fish R. Irish Lord (TSN) 1 1
Fish Gunnel sp. (TSN) 3 3
Fish Stickleback (TSN) 4 4
Sampling Totals 1730 1730

Coarse Taxa Bone Counts

12 Distinct Coarse Taxa Found:

Excavation Name
Taxonomic Class Coarse Screen Taxa Site Totals Excavation Totals
Mammal Canis sp. (TSN) 8 8
Mammal Harbour S. (TSN) 148 148
Mammal Steller SL (TSN) 9 9
Mammal Harbour Porpoise (TSN) 21 21
Mammal Whale (not dolphin/porpoise) (TSN) 9 9
Mammal Deer (TSN) 16 16
Mammal Brown Bear (TSN) 11 11
Mammal Sea Otter (TSN) 324 324
Mammal River Otter (TSN) 3 3
Mammal Beaver (TSN) 24 24
Mammal Marmot (TSN) 9 9
Mammal Rodent (TSN) 1 1
Sampling Totals 583 583

References

  1. Moss, M. L. (1989). Archaeology and Cultural Ecology of the Prehistoric Angoon Tlingit. Department of Anthropology. Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara.