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dc.contributor.authorSheets, Kimberly A.
dc.contributor.authorDuff, Andrew I.
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Erin K.
dc.contributor.authorCharles Adams, E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-25T23:02:07Z
dc.date.available2021-05-25T23:02:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.identifier.citationSheets, K. A., Duff, A. I., Thornton, E. K., & Adams, E. C. (2021). Sourcing bighorn sheep from the Homol’ovi Settlement Cluster, Northeastern Arizona, through strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 37, 102986.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2352-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102986
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/658734
dc.description.abstractArchaeologists have recovered bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) remains from villages within the Homol'ovi Settlement Cluster (1260–1400 CE) in the Middle Little Colorado River Valley. Today, there are no extant populations of bighorn sheep in the middle Little Colorado River Valley, and the Grand Canyon is the nearest known living population, over a 100 km away. To determine the most likely procurement location for these animals, we integrated archaeological and ethnohistorical information with strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analysis of bighorn sheep teeth from two sites within the Cluster. We consider four potential procurement locations: The Grand Canyon, San Francisco Peaks, White Mountains, and Black Mesa. The contemporary descendants of these villages, the Hopi, have unique ancestral and religious connections to each of these potential locations, which aids in the interpretation of 87Sr/86Sr values. When these different threads of evidence are examined, they indicate the most likely location of procurement of these animals is the wider Black Mesa area 84 km north, with procurement from the Grand Canyon or a locally extirpated population also being possible candidates. © 2021 Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.rights© 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
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dc.subjectAncestral Puebloen_US
dc.subjectArizonaen_US
dc.subjectBighorn sheepen_US
dc.subjectStrontium isotopesen_US
dc.subjectZooarchaeologyen_US
dc.titleSourcing bighorn sheep from the Homol’ovi Settlement Cluster, Northeastern Arizona, through strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArizona State Museum, University of Arizonaen_US
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Archaeological Science: Reportsen_US
dc.description.note24 month embargo; available online 01 May 2021en_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal accepted manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.piiS2352409X2100198X
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Archaeological Science: Reports
dc.source.volume37
dc.source.beginpage102986


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