A preliminary review of the canid remains from junius bird’s excavations at Fell’s and Pali Aike caves, Magallanes, Chile

Abstract

This preliminary note presents our review of the canid materials Junius Birdexcavated from Fell’s and Pali Aike caves in 1936–37 and his subsequent workat Fell’s Cave in 1969–70 (Bird 1988). These materials are currently curated atthe Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History(AMNH) under catalog entries 41.1/1993–1994 for Fell’s Cave and 41.1/1891–1892 for Pali Aike. These remains along with Bird’s other excavations atCañadon Leona, Cerro Sota and the Navarino Island environmental samples(zooarchaeological, human remains, and soil samples) are currently beinganalyzed (Amorosi 2006; Amorosi n.d.; Amorosi et al. 2007; Prevosti andAmorosi n.d.; Wisner 2008).