UF Florida Archaeology Parnell Mound Site (8CO326), Feature 1 Zooarchaeological Data

Neill Wallis

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2015.01.003

UF Florida Archaeology Parnell Mound Site (8CO326), Feature 1 Zooarchaeological Data

Citation

Wallis N (2018). UF Florida Archaeology Parnell Mound Site (8CO326), Feature 1 Zooarchaeological Data. Version 1.8. Florida Museum of Natural History, Florida Archaeology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2015.01.003 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-09.

Description

Parnell site, Feature 1, analyzed animal data. Data and specimens curated in Florida Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History.

Purpose

Description of the zooarchaeological analysis of specimen records from the Parnell site.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

14 square meter excavation block divided into eight 1x1m and three 1x2 squares; all excavated in 10 cm levels within natural strata.

Sampling

All soil was excavated using either a trowel or shovel. All fauna was collected through 1/4-inch and 1/16-inch screen. Materials from non-feature sediment were dry screened through 1/4-inch mesh and feature fill was water screened through 1/16-inch mesh.

Quality Control

All areas were excavated in controlled levels. Excavation and material recovery was recorded on official Level Forms and/or Feature Forms. All unit locations were mapped by total station, and all units were georeferenced. All excavation information and data are on file with the FLMNH Anthropology Division.

Method steps

See above.

Additional info

Description of zooarchaeological analysis from Wallis and Blessing (2015:7): “Zooarchaeological analysis of the vertebrate fauna followed the guidelines described in Reitz and Wing (2008), and was facilitated through the Environmental Archaeology Program’s comparative collection housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Individual specimens were identified to the lowest taxonomic category possible, and noted for element, proportion, side, fusion, count, weight, burning, and other modifications. So as not to inflate the assemblage NISP, particularly for deer, attempts were made during analysis to cross-mend fresh breaks, counting articulating pieces as single specimens. Shaft fragments that were large enough to be identified as deer, but that lacked diagnostic features such as muscular attachments or nutrient foramen were combined into the category ‘‘unidentified long bone.’’ Other bones that could not be confidently identified beyond Mammalia were sorted into small, medium, and large mammals where possible. These groupings were based on the elements represented, the degree of fragmentation, and their overall size and thickness. Many of the fragments were too small, however, to assign to a more specific mammal category and therefore were not identified beyond Mammalia.” Wallis, N.J., and M.E. Blessing (2015). Big feasts and small scale foragers: Pit features as feast events in the American southeast. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 39:1-18.

Taxonomic Coverages

All archaeological specimens identified to subphylum, class, order, genus, or species.

Mammalia
rank: class
Testudines
rank: order
Actinopterygii
rank: class
Bivalvia
rank: class
Aves
rank: class
Vertebrata
rank: subphylum

Geographic Coverages

Feature 1 within Parnell Site.

Bibliographic Citations

Wallis, N.J. and M.E. Blessing. 2015. Ritualized Deposition and Feasting Pits: Bundling of animals in Mississippi Period Florida. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 25(1):79-98. - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959774314000699
Wallis, N.J. and M.E. Blessing. 2015. Big Feasts and Small Scale Foragers: Pit features as feast events in the American southeast. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 39:1-18. - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2015.01.003

Contacts

Neill Wallis
originator
position: Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Gainesville
32611
Florida
US
Telephone: (352)273-1920
email: nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu
homepage: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/home/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-286X

Neill Wallis
metadata author
position: Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Gainesville
32611
Florida
US
Telephone: (352)273-1920
email: nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu
homepage: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/home/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-286X

Neill Wallis
curator
position: Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Gainesville
32611
Florida
US
Telephone: (352)273-1920
email: nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu
homepage: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/home/

Donna Ruhl
custodian steward
position: Florida Archaeology Collection Manager
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Gainesville
32611
Florida
US
Telephone: (352)273-1928
email: ruhl@flmnh.ufl.edu
homepage: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/home/

Meggan Blessing
author
position: PhD candidate
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Gainesville
32611
Florida
US
email: mblessng@ufl.edu

Neill Wallis
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Gainesville
32611
Florida
US
Telephone: (352)273-1920
email: nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu
homepage: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/home/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-286X