Hough Turkey
Schorger (1961) cut open the bird's crop and extracted 190 cc of maize kernels, clear evidence that the turkey was being provisioned by its keepers [2][1]. Martin suggested the Hough specimen "dates back to 1100 AD and perhaps earlier" [3]. More recently, mtDNA analysis of a tissue sample showed the turkey belongs to the a-Hap-1 haplogroup, linking it to the widespread H1 domestic haplogroup [1][2].
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- Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger ↗ · detailsorts that a group of desiccated turkey specimens, which Martin dated at about A.D. 250, were recovered from the Pine Lawn phase deposits at Tularosa Cave, but that Martin told her that he fell ill and they were not properly protected. As a …
- Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger ↗ · detailsorts that a group of desiccated turkey specimens, which Martin dated at about A.D. 250, were recovered from the Pine Lawn phase deposits at Tularosa Cave, but that Martin told her that he fell ill and they were not properly protected. As a …
- Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger ↗ · details1950, Paul S. Martin of the Chicago Natural History Museum conducted extensive excavations at Tularosa Cave (Martin et al. 1952). The only reference to turkeys is a statement that they appeared in the Pine Lawn phase (Martin et al. 1952:499…