Cultural and non-cultural variation in the artifact and fauna samples from the St. Mungo Cannery site, B.C., DgRr 2
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1973
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Boehm, Sheila Gay Calvert
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The records of both the faunal remains and artifacts recovered from the St. Mungo Cannery site in the Fraser Delta, British Columbia during 1968-1969 are analysed quantitatively for evidence of processual cultural change. Descriptions of the site and site habitat are given, and methods used to recover, describe, and analyze the two records are detailed. The patterns of variation through time are given in tables of the relative frequencies of type found in excavation units C1 and C2. Multidimensional scalogram analysis is used to delineate and visually present the separation of components. An attempt is made to distinguish cultural variation in the two record from non-cultural variation produced by sampling procedures, and to control for the latter. The relationship between sample size and the number of artifacts and faunal types found is statistically demonstrated as a major sampling error. Some comparisons are made between the patterns of variation observed in faunal and artifact types theoretically related as evidence of particular activities. The information contained in the faunal record is found to be additional swell as parallel to that contained in the artifact record.