Abstract
Fox Farm (1300–1650 CE) is a 16.2 ha Native American farming village in Mason County, Kentucky. The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) death assemblage documented for this site is suggestive of a harvesting strategy that differs from that of Fort Ancient villages occupied for shorter periods of time. Relative to those villages, the residents of Fox Farm killed twice as many male as female wild turkeys. By focusing on adult males, the residents of Fox Farm were able to maintain a sustainable wild turkey population in the vicinity of their village, which allowed them to live at this locality for more than 300 years.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e1271 |
| Journal | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 The Wildlife Society.
Funding
We thank T. Royster and University of Kentucky undergraduate student L. Tepe for their work measuring the wing and leg bones, and L. Tepe for assisting in processing the isotope samples. We appreciate feedback from C. Moorman (Guest Editor-in-Chief), D. Cobb (Associate Editor), A. Knipps (Editorial Assistant), A. Tunstall (Copy Editor), J. Levengood (Content Editor), and 2 anonymous reviewers, which improved the manuscript.
Keywords
- Kentucky
- Native American
- archaeology
- hunting strategies
- isotope analysis
- middle Ohio valley
- turkey
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nature and Landscape Conservation