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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 3
Comparison of the Faunal Remains from French and British Refuse Pits at Fort Michilimackinac: A Study in Changing Subsistence Patterns
by Charles E. Cleland
Appendix B: Amount of Meat Provided by Species From
French Period Refuse Pits of Fort Michilimackinac
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Species |
No. Ind. |
Live Wt./Ind. |
% Usable Meat |
Unsable Meat/Ind. |
Total Meat |
|
Snowshoe Hare |
1 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
Beaver |
7 |
45.0 |
70 |
31.5 |
220.5 |
Muskrat |
1 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
Black Bear |
2 |
300.0 |
70 |
210.0 |
420.0 |
Marten |
1 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
Moose |
2 |
800.0 |
50 |
400.0 |
800.0 |
Pig |
5 |
245.0 |
70 |
171.5 |
857.5 |
Dog |
1 |
30.0 |
50 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
Total Mammal |
|
|
|
|
2,319.3 |
Pied-Billed Grebe |
1 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
Great Blue Heron |
2 |
6.0 |
80 |
4.8 |
9.6 |
Canada Goose |
1 |
8.0 |
80 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
Mallard Duck |
3 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
Green-Wing Teal |
2 |
0.9 |
80 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
Blue-Wing Teal |
1 |
0.9 |
80 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
Wood Duck |
2 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
Redhead Duck |
4 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
Ring-Neck Duck |
2 |
1.8 |
80 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
Lesser Scaup |
1 |
1.9 |
80 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
Bufflehead |
1 |
1.0 |
80 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
Common Merganser |
1 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
Red-Breasted Merganser |
2 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
Goshawk |
2 |
2.0 |
70 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
Cooper's Hawk |
1 |
2.5 |
70 |
1.75 |
1.75 |
Ruffed Grouse |
2 |
1.3 |
80 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
Black-Bellied Plover |
1 |
0.3 |
80 |
0.24 |
0.24 |
Herring Gull |
1 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
Ring-Billed Gull |
1 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Passenger Pigeon |
21 |
1.0 |
80 |
0.8 |
16.9 |
Raven |
1 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
Chicken |
1 |
2.8 |
80 |
2.24 |
2.24 |
Total Bird |
|
|
|
|
81.68 |
Sturgeon |
4 |
45 |
80 |
36 |
144.0 |
Lake Trout |
6 |
18 |
80 |
14.4 |
86.4 |
Whitefish |
3 |
13 |
80 |
10.4 |
31.2 |
Channel Catfish |
1 |
4 |
80 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
Burbot |
1 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Total Fish |
|
|
|
|
266.80 |
Grand Total |
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2,667.78 |
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