Faunal Remains from the Pine Hill Site (PS-6), St. Lawrence County, New York

Author

Jessica Lee Vavrasek, The University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleFollow

Date of Award

12-2010

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Major

Anthropology

Major Professor

Walter E. Klippel

Committee Members

Kandace R. Hollenbach, Gerald F. Schroedl

Abstract

The Pine Hill collection was discovered in the archaeology lab at State University of New York College at Potsdam after remaining unstudied for over 30 years since its initial excavation in the 1960s and 1970s. Pine Hill has been identified as a fifteenth century St. Lawrence Iroquois village site, located in St. Lawrence County, New York. The faunal remains and bone tools from the site indicate food procurement strategies, seasonal activities, the presence of discrete activity areas at the site, and the production and use of a wide range of bone tools. Replication experiments conducted on several bone tool types provide insight about how these tools were made, used, and how quickly they might be discarded. As one of the first reports on a St. Lawrence Iroquois site in the region, this study presents important information about this group.

Recommended Citation

Vavrasek, Jessica Lee, "Faunal Remains from the Pine Hill Site (PS-6), St. Lawrence County, New York. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2010.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/839