White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method
Full and partial carcass utility indices have been determined for many animals. The most widely utilized animal in eastern prehistoric North America is the white-tailed deer. However, whole carcass utility indices for this animal have not been investigated. In this thesis meat, marrow, and general u...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Text |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
2000
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4180 https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5631&context=utk_gradthes |
id |
ftunivtennknox:oai:trace.tennessee.edu:utk_gradthes-5631 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivtennknox:oai:trace.tennessee.edu:utk_gradthes-5631 2023-05-15T15:53:32+02:00 White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method Jacobson, Jodi A. 2000-12-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4180 https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5631&context=utk_gradthes unknown TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4180 https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5631&context=utk_gradthes Masters Theses Anthropology text 2000 ftunivtennknox 2022-03-02T20:34:05Z Full and partial carcass utility indices have been determined for many animals. The most widely utilized animal in eastern prehistoric North America is the white-tailed deer. However, whole carcass utility indices for this animal have not been investigated. In this thesis meat, marrow, and general utility indices are developed for Odocoileus virginianus. These indices are inspected for variation due to sex, age, and season. In addition, marrow fat percentages which may affect the accuracy of marrow utility indices, are investigated. Five deer have been collected from the ridge and valley region of East Tennessee. Four deer were acquired between mid to late fall. The fifth was acquired in mid spring. Differences based upon age and sex are evident for utility indices. When divisions of utility are categorized as high, middle, and low utility there are both differences between males and females, as well as between juveniles and adults. When divisions are only categorized as high and low utility, all adult units fall into basically the same groupings; while differences still exists between juveniles and adults. These indices are also compared with those constructed by Binford (1978) for sheep and caribou, as well as Madrigal's (1999) investigation of white-tailed deer. These newly developed utility indices are applied to white-tailed deer remains from Westwood Plantation (16CT490). Text caribou University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Trace |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Trace |
op_collection_id |
ftunivtennknox |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Anthropology |
spellingShingle |
Anthropology Jacobson, Jodi A. White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method |
topic_facet |
Anthropology |
description |
Full and partial carcass utility indices have been determined for many animals. The most widely utilized animal in eastern prehistoric North America is the white-tailed deer. However, whole carcass utility indices for this animal have not been investigated. In this thesis meat, marrow, and general utility indices are developed for Odocoileus virginianus. These indices are inspected for variation due to sex, age, and season. In addition, marrow fat percentages which may affect the accuracy of marrow utility indices, are investigated. Five deer have been collected from the ridge and valley region of East Tennessee. Four deer were acquired between mid to late fall. The fifth was acquired in mid spring. Differences based upon age and sex are evident for utility indices. When divisions of utility are categorized as high, middle, and low utility there are both differences between males and females, as well as between juveniles and adults. When divisions are only categorized as high and low utility, all adult units fall into basically the same groupings; while differences still exists between juveniles and adults. These indices are also compared with those constructed by Binford (1978) for sheep and caribou, as well as Madrigal's (1999) investigation of white-tailed deer. These newly developed utility indices are applied to white-tailed deer remains from Westwood Plantation (16CT490). |
format |
Text |
author |
Jacobson, Jodi A. |
author_facet |
Jacobson, Jodi A. |
author_sort |
Jacobson, Jodi A. |
title |
White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method |
title_short |
White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method |
title_full |
White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method |
title_fullStr |
White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method |
title_full_unstemmed |
White-tailed Deer Utility Indices: Development and Application of an Analytical Method |
title_sort |
white-tailed deer utility indices: development and application of an analytical method |
publisher |
TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange |
publishDate |
2000 |
url |
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4180 https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5631&context=utk_gradthes |
genre |
caribou |
genre_facet |
caribou |
op_source |
Masters Theses |
op_relation |
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4180 https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5631&context=utk_gradthes |
_version_ |
1766388633934233600 |