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Artifact

Domestic Dog

Domestic Dog

Common Name: Dog

Scientific Name: Canis familiaris

Although dog remains have been recovered in the excavations at Mission San Luis, they are considered commensal taxa along with frogs/toads and horses/donkeys. In other words, there is no evidence to suggest that they were eaten or that dog bones are the remnants of meals.

Notes:

Animal Used at Mission San Luis

The study of plant and animals from sites (ethnobotany and zooarchaeology, respectively) is one of the most illuminating aspects of archaeological research. It can reveal details about past environments, resources, settlement patterns, agricultural practices, architecture, social life, and diet unavailable from other types of data.

Since plant remains are so fragile and often difficult to see, we have limited their display to a static exhibit case format (see "Apalachee Life"). However, we have selected some animal bones found at Mission San Luis, along with comparative skeletal materials (Drawers 17-26), to give to a sense of the challenges faced by those researchers who identify, analyze, and interpret these materials.

We have supplemented the skeletal materials with archaeological and documentary information about the use of these animals in Spanish Florida and at Mission San Luis.

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