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Isla Piedras: A Northern Campeche Coast Seaport as Part of a Regional Polity

Figure 13. Fragment of turtle humerus.       Figure 14. Fragmented manatee rib.
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Faunal Remains

A total of 22 faunal bone fragments were collected at Isla Piedras. The fragments are evidence that the following animals lived on, or were transported to, the island: turkey, crab, whale, racoon, manatee, domestic pig, white-tailed deer, shark, turtle, and iguana (Table 8, shown below). This list offers an idea of the animals that may have been utilized by pre-hispanic as well as historic and recent people (Figure 13 and Figure 14, shown above).

Table 8.  Faunal Remains Found at Isla Piedras
Species Common Name Total
(Bone Fragments)		 Percentage
Unidentified Turkey 1 4.55
Uca rapax Crab 1 4.55
Cetaceo sp. Whale 1 4.55
Procyon lotor Racoon 1 4.55
Trichechus manatus Manatee 6 27.27
Sus scrofa Domestic Pig 1 4.55
Odocoileus virginianus White-Tailed Deer 1 4.55
Unidentified Unidentified 1 4.55
Unidentified Shark 5 22.73
Eretmochelys imbricata Turtle 2 9.09
Ctenosaura similis Iguana 1 4.55
Unidentified Turtle 1 4.55
Total 22 100.04

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