Table 5. Numbers of recovered ungulate skeletal elements and damaged bones in the aggregated bear-modified assemblage (by observation [OB]).
Skeletal element | # recovered (# damaged) | |||||||||||||||||
OB1 S | OB2 UNK | OB3 UNK | OB4 S | OB5 UNK | OB6 S | OB7 S | OB8 P | OB9 P | OB10 P | OB11 P | OB12 P | OB13 P | OB14 P | OB15 S | OB16 S | OB17 P | Total | |
Cranium | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1(1) | 1 | – | 1(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1(1) | 12(3) |
Hemimandible | 2(2) | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 18(2) |
Atlas | 1(1) | – | – | 1(1) | 1(1) | – | – | 1 | – | 1(1) | – | 1(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 10(5) |
Axis | 1(1) | – | – | 1(1) | 1(1) | 1(1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1(1) | – | 1(1) | 1 | 1 | 1(1) | 1(1) | 1 | 14(8) |
Cervical | 5(3) | – | – | – | 1(1) | 5(5) | 5 | 5 | 1(1) | 5(5) | 2(2) | 4(4) | 5 | 5(1) | 5(4) | 5(4) | 5(2) | 58(32) |
Thoracic | 12(10) | 11(8) | 2(2) | 9(5) | 13(13) | 11(11) | 10(9) | 13 | 1(1) | 13(1) | 13(11) | – | 13(1) | 13(13) | 13(9) | 13(6) | 13(13) | 173(113) |
Lumbar | 6(6) | 6(6) | 6(6) | 2(2) | 6(6) | 6(6) | – | 7(3) | 1(1) | 7(7) | 7(7) | 3(3) | 6(5) | 6(6) | 5(5) | 6(5) | 6(6) | 86(80) |
Sacrum | 1(1) | 1 | 1(1) | – | 1 | 1(1) | – | – | – | 1(1) | 1(1) | – | 1 | 1(1) | 1(1) | 1(1) | 1(1) | 12(9) |
Caudal | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1(1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3(1) |
Sternum | – | – | – | 3(1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3(1) |
Rib | 7(7) | 22(22) | 1(1) | 16(14) | 25(18) | 14(14) | 16(11) | 24(2) | 2(2) | 21(19) | 23(22) | 6(6) | 26(6) | 20(19) | 26(14) | 21(17) | 17(16) | 287(210) |
Scapula | 2(2) | – | – | 2 | 2(2) | 1(1) | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2(2) | 2 | – | 1(1) | – | – | 16(8) |
Humerus | 1 | – | – | 2(2) | 2(1) | 2(2) | 2 | – | – | 1(1) | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 15(6) |
Radius | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 13 |
Ulna | 1(1) | – | – | 2(1) | 2(2) | 2 | – | – | – | 1(1) | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 13(5) |
Carpals | 14 | – | – | 17 | 14 | 14 | 10 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 12 | – | 14 | 5 | – | 106 |
Metacarpal | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 16 |
Innominate | 2(2) | 2(2) | – | – | 2(2) | 2(2) | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2(1) | 2(2) | 2(1) | 2(2) | – | 18(14) |
Femur | 1(1) | – | – | 2(2) | 2 | – | 2(1) | – | – | – | – | 1(1) | 2 | – | 2(1) | – | – | 12(6) |
Tibia | 2(2) | – | – | 2(2) | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 11(4) |
Patella/Sesamoids | 8 | – | – | 9(1) | 12 | – | 6 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 10 | – | 17 | 4 | – | 70(1) |
Tarsals | 12 | – | – | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 | 1 | – | 48 |
Metatarsal | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 10 |
Lateral metapodial | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Phalanges | 12 | – | – | 24 | 18 | 12 | 5 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 20 | – | 24 | 6 | – | 127 |
Accessory phalanges | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 18 |
Total | 96(39) | 44(38) | 10(10) | 108(32) | 133(47) | 79(43) | 69(21) | 56(5) | 7(6) | 73(38) | 46(43) | 19(19) | 130(13) | 52(42) | 137(37) | 69(36) | 45(39) | 1,173(508) |
Superscripts refer to the type of access to carcasses by bears: S = Scavenging (OBs 1, 6 and 7 correspond to ungulate natural deaths and; OBs 4, 15 and 16 to Roadkills); P = Predation (OBs 8–14 and 17); UNK = Unknown (OBs 2, 3 and 5) (see Table 1 for more details).