Table 3. Assemblage characteristics by site, showing the number of identified caribou remains (NISP tot.), the number of caribou remains with observable surfaces (NISP obs.), and the number of caribou remains bearing cut marks (NISP cut).

		Palangana	Bear	33B	TL2	TL3	Kakinya	Rulland	Tulukana
All bones	NISP tot.	277	1637	136	140	882	1788	190	2536
	NISP obs.	275	1602	134	126	854	1698	183	2219
	NISP cut	205	554	102	77	416	681	123	1129
	cuts/obs.	74.5%	34.6%	76.1%	61.1%	48.7%	40.1%	67.2%	50.9%
Humerus	NISP tot.	66	94	6	9	28	154	32	241
	NISP obs.	66	94	6	8	28	145	31	208
	NISP cut	48	64	3	6	16	52	22	141
	cuts/obs.	72.7%	68.1%	50.0%	75.0%	57.1%	35.9%	71.0%	67.8%
Radioulna	NISP tot.	87	89	12	10	40	236	22	347
	NISP obs.	85	89	12	9	39	224	22	301
	NISP cut	45	61	12	8	22	83	17	127
	cuts/obs.	52.9%	68.5%	100.0%	88.9%	56.4%	37.1%	77.3%	42.2%
Femur	NISP tot.	68	122	9	16	28	108	33	279
	NISP obs.	68	122	9	15	26	105	33	243
	NISP cut	54	80	8	8	18	73	25	140
	cuts/obs.	79.4%	65.6%	88.9%	53.3%	69.2%	69.5%	75.8%	57.6%
Tibia	NISP tot.	56	144	36	21	35	172	16	328
	NISP obs.	56	144	36	20	33	164	16	282
	NISP cut	37	98	31	16	15	77	13	161
	cuts/obs.	66.1%	68.1%	86.1%	80.0%	45.5%	47.0%	81.3%	57.1%

The ‘all bones’ rows correspond to all caribou remains (e.g. phalanges, femur, carpals, ribs).