Ancestral Pueblo turkey husbandry and management on the Pajarito Plateau w/ Dr Cyler Conrad

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Thursday January 28

4:00 PM  –  5:00 PM

Thursday, January 28th,2021 4:00 p.m. MST
Online Webinar

 

Turkeys, both wild and domestic, were likely exploited, raised and bred during the Ancestral Pueblo-era on the Pajarito Plateau. Past studies focused on turkey skeletal elemental abundances; isotopes and ancient DNA suggest that during the Coalition Period, beginning in the A.D./C.E. 1100s and after, turkeys represented an important socioeconomic staple for Pueblo peoples. In this talk, Cyler overviews this record and discusses ongoing research focused on reexamining these human-turkey relationships. Intriguingly, the Pajarito Plateau appears to lack a clear record of turkey pens, or anthropogenic features, that would have allowed for controlled breeding and management of turkey folks. A lack of turkey pens combined with new iconographic, osteometric, and stable isotope data indicates that there is a much more complex record of pre-contact turkey husbandry and management occurring on the Plateau than previously recognized

 

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