| Title | Prehistoric seal and sea-lion butchering on the southern Northwest Coast |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | Lyman, Lee R. |
| Secondary Title | American Antiquity |
| Volume | 57 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pagination | p.246-261 |
| Date Published | 1992, Apr. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley E51 .A5, Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Alsea River, archeology, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, human impacts, Seal Rock, Steller sea lion = Eumetopias jubata, Umpqua Eden, Umpqua River |
| Notes | Mammal remains from the Seal Rock and Umpqua Eden sites were analyzed. The analysis included examination and study of butchering marks on bones and includes insights on butchering techniques and transportation of animal remains. The author compares remains of adult Stellar sea lions from Seal Rock with harbor seal remains from Umpqua Eden. Most of the seal remains were of newborns, so the difference in size between the two types of marine mammals is great, yet the butchering techniques seemed similar. “Remains of two taxa of pinnipeds of markedly different body size from two sites of similar age on the southern Northwest Coast of North America do not vary significantly in skeletal parts represented, which suggests similar transport histories.” (from the Abstract) |
