NISP and % NISP for Major Faunal Classes Recovered from Cahokia

Table showing changes in bird, mammal, fish, and deer NISP frequencies through time for a faunal sample from Cahokia. After Kelley 1997, Table 4.1.

	Emergent Mississippian			Mississippian
	Loyd	Merrell	Edelhardt	Lohmann	Stirling 1	Stirling 2	Moorehead
Mammal
NISP	37	29	457	844	349	364	267
% NISP	2.49	16.86	9.65	67.47	90.89	63.30	51.25
Deer
NISP	27	27	279	787	348	315	260
% NISP	1.82	15.70	5.89	62.91	90.63	54.78	49.90
Fish
NISP	1409	131	3638	124	29	42	223
% NISP	94.95	76.16	76.83	9.91	7.55	7.30	42.80
Bird
NISP	38	12	640	283	6	169	31
% NISP	2.56	6.98	13.52	22.62	1.56	29.39	5.95
Total NISP	1484	172	4735	1251	384	575	521

Kelly, L.S. 1997. Patterns of Faunal Exploitation at Cahokia. In Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World, edited by T.R. Pauketat and T.E. Emerson, pp. 60-88. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.