Meli,
 
Although our tables are not yet ready for publication, the analysis of  
faunal material from the 1858-1886 Ballast Point Whaling Station and Chinese  
fishing camp (CA-SDI-12,953) yielded domesticated chicken bone. We also have a  
wide variety of wild avian fauna in that deposit. Our challenge is to compare  
the two cultural contexts (which were about 100-feet apart) to study the  
relationships between the two cultural deposits. The 1870 U.S. Census of  Industry 
reported a Chinese cook at the Packard Brothers Company, so we expect  
differences in butchering techniques, unless the cook adapted to the requests of  his 
employers. I have asked Paula Reynolds to look at our data and get back with  
you on the chicken consumption.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.



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