Award Date
5-1-2022
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Committee Member
Barbara Roth
Second Committee Member
A. Levent Atici
Third Committee Member
Karen Harry
Fourth Committee Member
Gabriel Judkins
Number of Pages
120
Abstract
This work examines the faunal subsistence practices at Lake Roberts Vista, a small Mimbres pueblo with a pithouse component occupied during the Late Pithouse to Classic Mimbres periods (A.D. 550-1130). It is in the Sapillo Valley, a tributary to the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico. Inhabitants consumed mostly deer and rabbits throughout their occupation. Evidence suggests a decline in Artiodactyla resource abundance in later years based on a declining Artiodactyl Index and an increasing fragmentation rate of Artiodactyla bones. Inhabitants captured more cottontails than jackrabbits throughout their occupation.
Keywords
Fragmentation rate; Human Behavioral Ecology; Marginal Value Theory; Patch Choice Model; Prey Choice Model; Survivability rate
Disciplines
Archaeological Anthropology
File Format
File Size
1547 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Benedict, Laura A., "Zooarchaeological Analysis of Subsistence Practices at the Lake Roberts Vista Site (LA71877) Gila National Forest, New Mexico" (2022). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 4364.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/31813241
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