The eastern wood rat (Neotoma floridana) as a taphonomic factor in archaeological sites |
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| Institution: | 1. Tyumen Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen, Russian Federation;2. Surgut State University, Surgut, Russian Federation;3. Arctic Research Center, Salekhard, Russian Federation;4. Institution of Culture of Sverdlovsk Region \"Scientific Production Center on protection and use of monuments of history and culture of the Sverdlovsk Region\", Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation;1. Collège de France, CNRS, PrOCauLAC, UMR 7192, 75005 Paris, France;2. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, MCC, LAMPEA UMR 7269, 13094, Aix-en-Provence, France;3. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l''Environnement UMR 8212 CNRS-CEA-UVSQ, Domaine du CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France;1. The Archaeology Centre, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S2, Canada;2. Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, SAC4.102, 2201 Speedway Stop C3200, Austin, TX 78712, USA |
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| Abstract: | Bones from six animal taxa were experimentally introduced into an active wood rat denning site in a rock shelter on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. After 6 months, patterns were examined relative to taxonomy, element selection, weight selection, rapidity and distance of bone movement, and gnawing. These analyses demonstrate that wood rats can affect significant changes in the character of an archaeofaunal assemblage through their compulsive acquisitive tendencies. The presence of wood rats in enclosed sites may result in a complex and confusing array of conditions that zoo-archaeologists will want to recognize before applying basic quantitative techniques to a related faunal assemblage. |
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