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Top: cut marks, prehistoric fur seal vertebra
Middle: two species of seal (ulna, modern)
Bottom: prehistoric dog teeth (worn)

 
Details of Some Major Pacific ID Research Contracts


Museum of the Aleutians/Alaska Ministry of Transport.

  • Major contract for the identification and analysis of vertebrate fauna from a Neoglacial-age archaeological site in the eastern Aleutians, Alaska (for R. Knecht/R. Davis)
Research Partnerships Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

  • Ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis: Characterization of modern & extinct populations of animals. $260,000 over 3 years, with Dr. B. Koop (Biology, University of Victoria)
Parks Canada, Archaeology. Victoria, BC [http://parkscan.harbour.com/gwaii/archeo.htm]

  • Identification of vertebrate fauna (mammals, birds and fish) from late Pleistocene/Early Holocene sites on Haida Gwaii (aka Queen Charlotte Islands) (for D. Fedje}
  • Identification & analysis of vertebrate fauna from Barkley Sound, western VI (for I. Sumpter//D. St. Claire & A. McMillan & Tseshaht First Nation)
US National Marine Mammal Lab, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA
[http://stellersealions.noaa.gov/]

  • Identification of fish skeletal remains from fur seal scats Bering Strait, AK (for B. Antonelis/B. Robson/E. Sinclair)
  • Identification of fish skeletal remains from Aleutian Islands Steller sealion scats (for E. Sinclair and T. Zeppelin)
  • Identification of fish remains from stomachs & scats of bearded seal , Bering Sea (for R. Robson)
  • Measurement of selected bones from modern Pacific cod, Walleye pollock and Atka mackerel to generate regression equations for estimating fish length and weight from isolated bone remains (for T. Zeppelin, with T. Orchard)
US Forest Service, Juneau & University of Wyoming, Biology Dept.

  • Identification of fish remains from river otter scats from Prince William Sound, Alaska (for M. Goldstein & M. Ben-David)
Alaska Fish & Game, Anchorage
[http://www.state.ak.us/adfg/geninfo/special/ssl/ssl_com.htm]

  • Identification of fish remains from scats & stomach contents of harbour seals, Gulf of AK (for L. Jemison and G. Blundell)
  • Identification of fish remains from scat samples of river otters, Cook Inlet, AK (for H. Golden)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science

  • Identification of fish remains from scats & stomach contents of Steller's sea lions and harbour seals (for K. Wynne)
University of South Dakota, Earth Sciences Dept., Vermillion SD
[http://www.usd.edu/esci/alaska/]

  • Identification of fish bone from late Pleistocene/Early Holocene caves, SE Alaska (for T. Heaton)
University of Kansas, Anthropology Dept., Lawrence, KS
[http://www.ku.edu/cgiwrap/aims/people?details=56937 ]

  • Identification of fish bones from archaeological sites in the western Aleutians, AK (for D. West)  
University of Victoria, Anthropology Dept., Victoria, BC
[http://web.uvic.ca/anth/faculty_list.htm#MACKIE]
  • Valuation of donated skeletal collection (for P.S. Stephenson)
  • Identification of vertebrate remains from a Victoria archaeological field school site (for Q. Mackie)
Huu-ay-aht First Nation, Anacla, BC
  • Identification of vertebrate fauna from the Huu7ii archaeological site in Barkley Sound BC (for A. McMilland & D. St. Claire)
Portland State University, Anthropology Dept., Portland

  • Identification of bird bones from sites on the Lower Columbia River, OR (for K. Ames)
Millennia Research Associates, Victoria, BC
[http://www.millennia-research.com/reports.htm]
  • Identification and analysis of vertebrate fauna from salvage archaeological excavations in the Victoria/Vancouver area (for M. Eldridge)
Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK
[http://www.alaskasealife.org/site/research]
  • Identification of fish remains from Steller sea lion scats from the Kuril/Commander Islands, Russia and the Kodiak/Gulf of AK region (for J. Waite)
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, OR
[
http://www.columbiaconversations.org/pages/Decision_Makers/Treaties.html]
  • Verification of prey identification from Caspian tern and cormorant stomachs (for J. Adkins)
Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of B.C., Vancouver, BC
[http://www.fisheries.ubc.ca/ru/mammals/]

  • Identification of fish skeletal remains from scat samples of Steller sea lions, SE AK and British Columbia (for A.Trites)
  • Identification of fish skeletal remains from scat samples of Steller sea lions from the Vancouver Aquarium captive feeding study (for D. Tollit)
  • Identification of fish skeletal remains from scat samples of Steller sea lions from SE AK and British Columbia for comparison to DNA identification methods (for D. Tollit)