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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 3
Comparison of the Faunal Remains from French and British Refuse Pits at Fort Michilimackinac: A Study in Changing Subsistence Patterns
by Charles E. Cleland
Appendix C: Amount of Meat Provided by Species
From British Period Refuse Pits of Fort Michilimackinac
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| Species |
No. Ind. |
Live
Wt./Ind. |
% Usable
Meat |
Unsable
Meat/Ind. |
Total
Meat |
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| Snowshoe Hare |
3 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
6.3 |
| Beaver |
8 |
45.0 |
70 |
31.5 |
252.0 |
| Porcupine |
2 |
10 |
70 |
7.0 |
14.0 |
| Black Bear |
2 |
300.0 |
70 |
210.0 |
420.0 |
| Cow |
4 |
1,000.0 |
50 |
500.0 |
2,000.0 |
| Pig |
10 |
245 |
70 |
171.5 |
1,715.0 |
| Sheep |
1 |
80 |
50 |
40 |
40 |
| Cat |
1 |
|
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| Total Mammal |
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4,504.0 |
| Loon |
1 |
5 |
80 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
1 |
5 |
80 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| Whistling Swan |
1 |
12 |
80 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
| Canada Goose |
1 |
8.0 |
80 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
| Mallard Duck |
2 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
| Redhead Duck |
1 |
0.9 |
80 |
0.7 |
.7 |
| Hooded Merganser |
1 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
| Ruffed Grouse |
1 |
1.3 |
80 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
| Herring Gull |
2 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
4.8 |
| Passenger Pigeon |
22 |
1.0 |
80 |
0.8 |
17.6 |
| Bluejay |
1 |
0.8 |
80 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
| Raven |
2 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
4.8 |
| Domestic Turkey |
2 |
12.0 |
80 |
9.6 |
19.2 |
| Chicken |
1 |
2.8 |
80 |
2.24 |
2.24 |
| Total Bird |
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80.24 |
| Sturgeon |
6 |
45 |
80 |
36 |
216.0 |
| Lake Trout |
2 |
18 |
80 |
14.4 |
28.8 |
| Whitefish |
1 |
13 |
80 |
10.4 |
10.4 |
| Walleye |
1 |
7 |
80 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
| Total Fish |
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260.80 |
| Grand Total |
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4,845.04 |
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