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Osteological Identification of Sandhill Crane versus Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

L. L. Hargrave  and
S. D. Emslie
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Abstract

Bones of two cranes, the sandhill crane [Grus canadensis] and the whooping crane [Grus americana], can occur in archaeological sites in North America. Fragments of these bones are frequently and easily confused with similar bone fragments of the common turkey [Meleagris gallopavo]. To preclude these errors, identification techniques are provided for major elements of the sandhill crane and turkey.

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Reports
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , April 1979 , pp. 295 - 299
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1979

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Ridgway, R., and Friedmann, H. 1941 The birds of North and Middle America, part IX. U. S. National Museum Bulletin 50. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Google Scholar