The Fincastle site (DlOx-5) is located in Southern Alberta, Canada. Excavations
from 2004-2007 unearthed a significant number of lithic artefacts, fire-broken rock and a
dense bone bed. Radiocarbon dates (ca. 2500 BP) place the single occupancy kill site in
the Late Middle Prehistoric Period.
This thesis investigates the butchering activities that took place in the East Block
of the site, where 60,000 bone fragments were collected. Of these faunal remains, 5,540
records were processed and examined using Brumley’s (1991) Bone Unit (BU) analysis
scheme. They were then assigned to a Bone Unit Butchering Category, a classification
system created to identify specific butchering activities. Detailed analyses of the
articulations, location and quantity of impact and/or cut marks, and specific fracture types
and lengths were also carried out.
The evidence shows that both primary and secondary butchering operations
occurred at Fincastle, including joint dismemberment, meat removal, marrow extraction
and grease rendering processes. / xviii, 298 leaves : col. ill. ; 29 cm. --
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:ALU.w.uleth.ca/dspace#10133/748 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Watts, Angela (Ang), University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science |
| Contributors | Bubel, Shawn |
| Publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2008, Arts and Science, Geography |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Relation | Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) |
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