Material Remains

BONE

The sample of faunal remains consisted primarily of small, unidentifiable bone fragments and, generally, the degree of preservation of most uncharred organic remains was disappointingly poor. Only five recognizable worked bone objects have been recovered from the site. Two bone beamers manufactured from deer medipodials were recovered from units A and BBB (Figure 4, Plate 4a). Two bone awlswere also recovered from Unit BBB; one appears to be made from a fragment of a broken bone beamer. The other artifact (also from Unit BBB) was identified as a bead, but this item is unfinished. This last item is actually made from an antler beam fragment that has been rounded and then scored and snapped. An analysis of the faunal remains recovered from the Cox's Woods site is presented in Appendix D. Information concerning the subsistence practices of the site inhabitants is limited because of the poor bone preservation at the site. However, the study found that turkey, elk, rabbit, drum fish and various species of turtle were present in the faunal assemblage.

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