FaunalSpecies
Records of all species identified at the phase level for each site, with their associated age and sex trends, pathologies, and body part representation. Age identification methods (BF, DA and DE) are impotant because ? repliability?? How does an analyst potentially use this?
Column name	Data type	Column description
FaunalSpeciesID	varchar	Unique identification number for each species record
PhaseID	varchar	Please see the detailed description of the 'Phases' table.
TaxonCode	varchar	Unique code to identify the full taxonomic name. This usually consists of the first four letters of the genus and first three letters of the species.
NISP	int	Number of Identified Specimens
SpeciesNote	varchar	General notes field for additional information about the species
AgeCriteriaBF	varchar	Binary distinction between species that have been aged based on epiphyseal fusion (yes) and those that have not (no)
AgeCriteriaDA	varchar	Binary distinction between species that have been aged based on dental abrasion (yes) and those that have not (no)
AgeCriteriaDE	varchar	Binary distinction between species that have been aged based on dental eruption (yes) and those that have not (no)
AgeNote	varchar	Age trend evidence notes
AgeTrend	varchar	Bulk sample of many bones, therefore referring to the majority (mainly). Description of the age trend e.g. 'mostly juvenile', 'mostly adult'
HorncoreNote	varchar	Horncore shape notes
HorncoreShape	varchar	Interpretation of wild/domestic status based on the horncore shape e.g. 'Both wild and domestic', 'majority wild' etc.
Pathology	varchar	Binary distinction between species that show evidence of pathology (1) and those that do not (0)
PathologyNote	varchar	Pathology evidence notes
PresenceOfFoetals	varchar	Binary distinction between species that include foetal remains (1) and those that do not (0)
PresenceOnly	varchar	Binary distinction between species that have been recorded as presence only (1) and those that have not (0)
SexCriteriaME	varchar	Binary distinction between species that have been sexed based on metric criteria (1) and those that have not (0)
SexCriteriaMO	varchar	Binary distinction between species that have been sexed based on morphology (1) and those that have not (0)
SexNote	varchar	Sex trend evidence notes
SexTrend	varchar	Description of the sex trend e.g. 'majority male, 'majority female' etc.
CitationID	varchar