Abstract

The Hartley site (FaNp-9) is a Late Plains Period habitation site located immediately south of Saskatoon and has been home to the University of Saskatchewan's archaeological field school for the past five years. The site bas two main occupations that are separated both vertically and horizontally across the site. Field school excavations have been concentrated in a small grove of trees that contains an intact single component which has produced materials of both the Old Women'a and the Avonlea phases. This assemblage may in fact represent a winter co-occupation of the site by peoples of two cultural backgrounds. The faunal assemblage, while dominated by bison, includes several other species of mammals, as well as some birds and fish. This assemblage is, therefore, very diverse and is quite well preserved. This paper will focus on the wide variety of faunal remains and their importance to the interpretation of this site as well as discuss this site's role in the broader Plains subsistence strategy of this period.