Sampling methods in Northwest Coast household archaeology: a simulation approach using faunal data from the Ozette site

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dc.contributor.authorGray, Brendan S.
dc.contributor.supervisorMackie, Quentin
dc.contributor.supervisorLam, Yin
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-27T22:39:20Z
dc.date.available2009-01-27T22:39:20Z
dc.date.copyright2008en_US
dc.date.issued2009-01-27T22:39:20Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Anthropologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe methodological and theoretical considerations that must be addressed when excavating the traditional longhouses of the First Nation peoples who lived in the Pacific Northwest region are the foci of this thesis. The large amount of faunal data contained within the remains of houses require the use of explicit, justifiable sampling strategies; however, the methods used to sample these dwellings are not generally a central research focus. A sampling simulation of faunal data recovered from the excavation of numerous houses from the village site of Ozette is the empirical basis of this research. Specifically, the effects of sample size and sample method on richness, relative abundance and the interpretation of status using faunal data are investigated. The results are of heuristic value for future household archaeology on the Northwest Coast and suggest alternative sampling methods which attempt to cope with the labour-intensive research generally required for shell-midden archaeology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1337
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjecthousehold archaeologyen_US
dc.subjectsamplingen_US
dc.subjectOzetteen_US
dc.subjectzooarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectnorthwest coasten_US
dc.subjectsimulationen_US
dc.subjectrichnessen_US
dc.subjectrelative abundanceen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Anthropology::Archaeologyen_US
dc.titleSampling methods in Northwest Coast household archaeology: a simulation approach using faunal data from the Ozette siteen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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