Dear Randee,
The National Museum of Natural History curates a number of macaw skeletons generated by the Judd excavations at Pueblo Bonito. These are currently under the jurisdiction of the Birds Division of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, although they will likely be transferred to Anthropology in the near future. They are currently housed in the Archaeobiology Lab. They have already been subject to study and sampling (for DNA and isotopic analysis) by another team of researchers.
I could help with getting you access to this material.
Melinda
Melinda A. Zeder
Senior Scientist, Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology
Curator, Old World Archaeology
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Mailing Address:
45 Gold Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Phone: 703 626-9118
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I would love to hear knowledgeable responses on this. All I can offer is an informal observation that in reference collections I see high rates of pathologies that look like infections on the wings, mainly CMC, of captive birds. I have always wondered if this is a result of clipping the wings.
Nerissa Russell
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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Subject: seeking info on captive macaw pathology
Hello,
I am a graduate student in archaeology seeking multi-disciplinary information to inform my research on prehistoric scarlet macaw husbandry in the American Southwest and North Mexico. I am looking for studies on pathologies in captive macaws, particularly those that leave skeletal traces. On a related note I am also seeking work on macaw behavior, particularly with relation to environmental or nutritional stress. Input or research from the veterinary world would be especially helpful. Thank you very much!
Randee Fladeboe
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