An examination into the presence or absence of a Northern Fur Seal Rookery at DfSj-23A and DfSi-4

McGreevy, Tegan Marie

An examination into the presence or absence of a Northern Fur Seal Rookery at DfSj-23A and DfSi-4

dc.contributor.author	McGreevy, Tegan Marie
dc.contributor.examiningcommittee	Johnson, Derek (Anthropology) Riewe, Rick (University of Winnipeg)	en_US
dc.contributor.supervisor	Monks, Greg (Anthropology)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-09T17:58:24Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-09T17:58:24Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.degree.discipline	Anthropology	en_US
dc.degree.level	Master of Arts (M.A.)	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This thesis builds a demographic profile of the Northern Fur Seal (NFS) population being consumed at DfSi-4 and DfSj-23 to determine if a NFS rookery existed within close proximity to both sites. A demographic profile of the death assemblages found at each site was built using visual identification, a non-linear growth curve algorithm developed by Michael Etnier (2002) and ancient DNA analysis. This study uses the demographic profile to evaluate the existence of a NFS rookery within the Barkley Sound area. Ultimately the existence of a rookery depends on demonstrating the existence of four age categories: fetal/newborn, juvenile, adult and adult male. Results indicate that a rookery likely existed near DfSj-24A, but there is much less certainty for DfSi-4. Further inquiry is now possible into the economic and ecological relationships that existed between the Toquaht and the NFS within the Barkley Sound area.	en_US
dc.description.note	February 2016	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31004
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.rights	open access	en_US
dc.subject	Northwest Coast	en_US
dc.subject	Archaeology	en_US
dc.subject	Faunal	en_US
dc.subject	Northern Fur Seal	en_US
dc.subject	Rookery	en_US
dc.subject	Toquaht	en_US
dc.title	An examination into the presence or absence of a Northern Fur Seal Rookery at DfSj-23A and DfSi-4	en_US
dc.type	master thesis	en_US