Fort Ancient wild turkey harvesting strategies in northern Kentucky

Bruce L. Manzano, David Pollack, A. Gwynn Henderson, Andrea Erhardt, Jordon Munizzi

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Resumen

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.

Idioma originalEnglish
Número de artículoe1271
PublicaciónWildlife Society Bulletin
Volumen46
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublished - jun 2022

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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.

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  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

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