Mercyhust Archaeological Institute
Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
 
  Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
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Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute

 

 

     
 
Facilities
Artifact Processing & Curation Laboratory
Lithic Analysis
Geoarchaeology
Forensic Anthropology
Vertebrate Faunal Analysis
Organic Residues Analysis
Conservation
Center for Perishables Analysis
Report Preparation

 

 

 

 

 

 


Vertebrate Faunal Analysis

MAI's Faunal Analysis Laboratory houses type collections for skeletal remains of most eastern North American vertebrates. These collections employed for comparison to archaeologically derived skeletal material in order to define such parameters as taxon represented, bone portion, side, number of identified specimens, and where appropriate, age and gender.

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