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Hough turkey thing

id: t_hough-turkey_514a6a

also known as: adult turkey specimen collected by Hough

Probable 70%
Summary:  A desiccated adult turkey collected by Walter Hough at Tularosa Cave and curated at the National Museum.
Completeness: 80/100 Grade B
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Claims (10)

collected_by

Walter Hough1914
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
Meleagris gallopavo tularosa SchorgerDraft Tularosa Cave discussion. Lipe, 2-2020 Another probable example of the early appearance of domestic turkeys and the beginnings of the production of turkey feather blankets comes from Tularosa Cave, a site located in the Mogollon Highland…

contained

190 cc of maize kernels in crop
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
orts 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 result, they became infested with insect…
190 cc of maize kernels in its crop
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
orts 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 result, they became infested with insect…

curated_at

cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
Meleagris gallopavo tularosa SchorgerDraft Tularosa Cave discussion. Lipe, 2-2020 Another probable example of the early appearance of domestic turkeys and the beginnings of the production of turkey feather blankets comes from Tularosa Cave, a site located in the Mogollon Highland…

dated_to

1100 AD and perhaps earlier
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
1950, 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) which Martin dates (p. 483) as extendi…

evidence_of

being provisioned by humans
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
orts 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 result, they became infested with insect…

has_mtDNA

a-Hap-1 (H1 domestic haplogroup)
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
orts 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 result, they became infested with insect…

linked_to

H1 domestic haplogroup
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
orts 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 result, they became infested with insect…

mtDNA_analysis_shows

a-Hap-1 haplogrouprecent
cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
orts 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 result, they became infested with insect…

owned

cited from Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger
Meleagris gallopavo tularosa SchorgerDraft Tularosa Cave discussion. Lipe, 2-2020 Another probable example of the early appearance of domestic turkeys and the beginnings of the production of turkey feather blankets comes from Tularosa Cave, a site located in the Mogollon Highland…

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Walter Hough collected Hough turkey1914

Sources (2)

Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger

W. Hough · other · unknown · details

Meleagris gallopavo tularosa Schorger

W. Hough · other · unknown · details

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