Abstract

CUPUL-MAGANA, Fabio Germán; MOUNTJOY, Joseph B.  and  RHODES, Jill A.. Aquila chrysaetos ulna found in a ceremonial burial of the Middle Formative period in Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico. Huitzil [online]. 2017, vol.18, n.1, pp.176-179. ISSN 1870-7459.

Identification and analysis of bird remains found in archaeological sites can provide information regarding their significance and how they were utilized. Birds used as food, raw material for tools fabrication, and for religious rituals in Pre-Hispanic Mexico. The finding of the left ulna of adult Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, in Los Tanques (circa 800 B.C.) archaeological site at Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico, is commented in this note. The ulna was found in the core of the tightly wrapped bundle burial of a young male aged between 19 and 25 years. Its presence in the burial indicates the high social status of the individual and is a part of mortuary ritual code.

Keywords : Archaeological site; Golden Eagle; Los Tanques; mortuary practices; zooarchaeology.

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