Table 3.
Stratigraphic analysis of bird bones from prehistoric sites on New Ireland
| Site age, B.P. | NISP
|
Percentage of NISP
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extant species | Extinct species | Extant species | Extinct species | |
| Panakiwuk | ||||
| <1,600 | 15 | 1 | 94 | 6 |
| 8,000–10,000 | 21 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 13,000 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 15,000 | 8 | 2 | 80 | 20 |
| Balof | ||||
| <1,000 | 26 | 1 | 96 | 4 |
| 1,000–5,000 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 50 |
| 5,000–10,000 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 42 |
| 10,000–14,000 | 38 | 21 | 64 | 36 |
| Buang Marabak | ||||
| 20,000 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 32,000 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Matenkupkum | ||||
| >10,000 | 38 | 19 | 67 | 33 |
| Matenbek | ||||
| <2,000 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| 6,000 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 25 |
| 6,000–9,000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| 18,000–20,000 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Total | ||||
| <10,000 | 84 | 22 | 79 | 21 |
| >10,000 | 93 | 42 | 69 | 31 |
The analysis is based on data presented in Table 1. NISP = number of identified specimens.