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Topic: Number of Identified Specimens

	Glenn A. Black Research Reports, No. 18:1997
		A total of 6,024 specimens were analyzed out of an estimated total count of 33,000 specimens of recovered bone.
		The second column is the minimum number of individuals (MNI) based on age class as well as side and portion of element.
		There were 41 specimens identified as muskrat (Ondontra zibethicus), for an MNI of 5.
	www.gbl.indiana.edu /abstracts/97/97_ap3bun.html (1815 words)

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		Number of identified specimens (NISP) and minimum number of individuals (MNI) for each taxon are summarized in Table 1, as are weights for each taxon and percentages of site assemblage.
		Nineteen specimens were recovered in three levels in the midden, and nine fragments came from Level 1 of Nonstructure 2.
		The shorter specimen (5.2 cm) is finely crafted, and was recovered from the fourth level in Excavation Unit 138N/100E in the midden.
	www.sjc.cc.nm.us /documents/arch/fauna.doc (8538 words)

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		Because specimens that were found in several or many recently broken fragments were counted as one, the total number of specimens should be a good approximation of the actual number of separate fossils for each survey block or interval.
		The number of fossil bones that were identified at least to major vertebrate class (mammal, reptile, fish, bird) and/or to skeletal element provides the basic data used for analysis of overall fossil productivity.
		This combines the numbered specimens on the survey cards and the “turtle tally,” which was used as a quick way to keep track of small fragments of fossil turtle shell.
	palaeo-electronica.org /2005_1/behrens15/results.htm (2581 words)

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		The surface-collected record shows a greater concentration of specimens relative to localities between 14.0 to 10.0 Ma, followed by a decrease in both concentration and total number of specimens from 10.0 Ma and younger.
		The screen-washed record demonstrates the inverse—a sharp increase in the relative concentration and overall number of specimens from 11.0 to 10.0 Ma and from 9.0 to 7.5 Ma.
		The relationships between number of taxa and morphotypes and sample size for the screen-washed and surface-collected records are plotted in Figure 12B, C. Taxonomic/morphotypic diversity has a positive, significant relationship to sample size for the screen-washed record, as documented for the screen-washed mammal fauna (Badgley et al.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /hosted_sites/pe/2005_1/head18/record.htm (1919 words)

	Rec3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The goal of this type of research in archaeology is toreconstrust the environment and behavior of ancient peoples as thoroughly as animal remains allow.
		is a count of the number of bones or bone fragments.
		The MNI is a much more accurate estimate of the number of animals present in a collection.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/wright/Archweb/Rec3.html (169 words)

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		However, The Joint Commission believes it is important to focus on a smaller number of goals to leverage real change in organization culture and real investment in system redesign that are integral to any effort to keep inevitable human error from reaching the patient.
		These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of using at least two patient identifiers (neither to be the patient's room number) whenever administering medications or blood products; taking blood samples and other specimens** for clinical testing; or providing any other treatments or procedures.
		These data report the percentage of hospitals complying with the requirement of identifying** and, at a minimum, annually reviewing a list of look-alike/sound-alike drugs used in the organization, and taking action to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs.
	www.jointcommissionreport.org /safetygoals (2968 words)

	Research Issues in San Diego Prehistory - Quantification of Faunal Remains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Weights may be distorted by incomplete cleaning of the specimens or by postdepositional attrition of the bone or shell.
		Another is the exclusion of the large proportion of specimens that are too fragmented to be identifiable to genus.
		For bivalve shellfish, the total weight of specimens assigned to a taxon divided by a hinge count provides an estimate of the average valve weight, even in severely fragmented assemblages in which whole-value measurements would be impracticable.
	home.earthlink.net /~researchissues/method.faunal.htm (669 words)

	Assessment of the Ecological Condition of Freshwater Streams in the Darwin Region - Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A total of 2787 macroinvertebrate specimens were identified from thirteen samples (Appendix 2).
		The majority of taxa were relatively rare and made minor contributions to the total number of identified specimens.
		The number of taxa known to be sensitive to poor water quality (including Baetidae, Elmidae and Orthocladiinae) varied from 3-9 (median 5).
	www.deh.gov.au /water/rivers/nrhp/darwin/results.html (1732 words)

	NYS museum mineral collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The specimens are listed alphabetically by county, then town within each group of mineral species.
		The specimen number and the habit of the mineral are listed as is the source of the specimen if known.
		For example, the name "chlorite" is used as a species name if the specimen is not identified sufficiently to specify which of the chlorite group minerals it actually is. Where the composition of a member of a solid solution series is known, the specimen is listed under the appropriate name.
	www.nysam.org /minerals.cfm (439 words)

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		Other criteria that may be used to identify domestication in a sample from a taxa include, size reduction, changes in the age structure of the animals occurring in the deposits, changes in sex ratios and changes in species ratios.
		The most common taxa at Hallan emi, based on number of identified specimens (NISP), are sheep and goats (991), Mauremys caspica (the Caspian terrapin)(816), red deer (591), and the pig (334).
		The sample of measured specimens from the upper meter is not large enough yet to perform a test.
	phaseit.net /claird/sci.anthropology/texts/domestication/Anatolian_pigs (4942 words)

	CAAA Standard Methodology for recording animal bone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The animal bones are identified and recorded at the Centre for Applied Archaeological Analyses (CAAA), Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton in the LAZOR (Laboratory of Zooarchaeological Research).
		Size is used to differentiate domestic cat from wildcat and hare from rabbit, specimens of these taxa are compared with those held in the comparative collection and assigned to species according to size.
		Clupeids are identified to species using the morphology of the opercular and size characteristics.
	www.arch.soton.ac.uk /Centres/LSZ/Facilities/Methodology.htm (1560 words)

	Exotic Wood Pictures: Exotic Wood displayed, described, and identified
		The first number is how many unique pictures there are on the site for that wood.
		The second number is how many of the unique pictues have enlargements present.
		Number of unique pics is now approaching 14,000 and I still have many dozens of wood samples that I have not processed yet.
	www.hobbithouseinc.com /personal/woodpics (2372 words)

	Civilization.ca - Nadlok and the origin of the Copper Inuit - Subsistence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The faunal assemblage is overwhelmingly dominated by caribou.
		In one analyzed sample of 5170 specimens from hut 3 floor 1, 98.8% of identified bone is caribou, with comparable figures in the floors of other huts.
		The sheer volume of caribou bone precluded air shipment of more than a representative sample, so precise MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals) or NISP (Number of Identified Specimens) counts of caribou are unavailable.
	www.civilization.ca /archeo/nadlok/nadsubse.html (281 words)

	Fossil flora of Quedlinburg - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lower Cretaceous horizons are dominated by taxa such as Nathorstiana, which is a member of the rhizomorphic lycopsids, Hausmannia, a member of the Dipteridaceae, and Cylindrites, a plant with uncertain affinities.
		The Quedlinburg collections in the Department of Palaeobotany comprise a total of 4726 specimens, of which 1654 are identified to the genus level.
		The following sections list all the plant remains from the Quedlinburg area identified down to genus level, sorted by genus, by specimen number, and by locality.
	www2.nrm.se /pb/data/Quedlinburg/welcome.html (209 words)

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		NISP-Number of Identified Specimens, counts each bone fragment as a unit.
		MNI-Minimum Number of Individuals, first defined as T.E. White in 1953 to account for each animal as an individual unit.
		Zoologists generally have collections of skulls and animal skins because they are interested in identifying and classifying modern species.
	employees.oneonta.edu /walkerr/Zooarch/Zoointro.doc (491 words)

	OSU Anthropology Department - Midwest Archaeological Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Despite the small number of identified specimens, grizzly bear canines, along with obsidian and Knife River flint, have been used to infer Ohio Hopewell "western" connections to the northern Plains and Rocky Mountains.
		Specimens of breastplates, earspools, headdresses, and celts from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society and the Peabody Museum were examined for the presence of organic materials on the artifacts' surfaces.
		Preliminary results have identified four of the possible five haplogroups known to be involved in the initial peopling of the New World.
	monkey.sbs.ohio-state.edu /html/MACconf_abst4.htm (1437 words)

	Fossil flora of Iceland - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Iceland collection consists of 3028 specimens of which 1577 have been identified to genus level.
		Four hundred and fortyone specimens figured in various publications are listed under the ‘specimens by publication’.
		A large number of specimens were figured by the Swedish artist Carl Hedelin (1861-1894), who worked as a scientific illustrator for A. Nathorst from 1885 on.
	www2.nrm.se /pb/data/Iceland/welcome.html (195 words)

	Alaska Museum of Natural History
		The fossils recovered from this area are spectacular in that they represent a greater number of specimens and a greater number of species than all the other Polar dinosaurs combined.
		A portion of a skull of an armored dinosaur was identified and the partial skeleton of a small hadrosaur ("Lizzie") was found.
		Both dinosaurs were preserved in mudstones containing shellfish which meant their bodies had been buried in an ancient sea floor.
	www.alaskamuseum.org /features/duckbill (306 words)

	Access a journal of taphonomy
		In addition, the representation of the density of a bone portion as a single number -while convenient for quantitative analyses- obscures by oversimplification the many factors that affect the derivation of density values, a complicated process subject to multiple potential sources of variation and error.
		Taphonomic research has indicated that a number of pre- and post-depositional agencies can result in similar part representation, largely a function of bone density, which can be measured in a variety of ways.
		A number of procedures for measuring bone density are discussed and applied to a late Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage from Verberie, France.
	www.journaltaphonomy.com /2004/volume2004(abstracts).htm (2107 words)

	IPA V/09
		A careful study of the terrace house revealed the remains of not yet dated older structures before the current villa was built.
		Of the actual mansion at least six major building phases could be identified between the 2nd and the later 6th centuries AD.
		Special attention is given to the use of fish remains as indicators of status.
	www.arts.kuleuven.be /IPA-V-09/domestic.html (1519 words)

	MicroBioLogics - Welcome
		Order processing is initiated immediately making it difficult to accommodate deletions or modifications.
		Fees, additional labor, and material costs are incurred to meet these requirements.
		The costs associated with diagnostic specimens shipments and freight charges are listed as separate line items on the invoice.
	www.microbiologics.com /ordering_info.php (686 words)

	Exceptional record of mid-Pleistocene vertebrates helps differentiate climatic from anthropogenic ecosystem ...
		NISP, number of identified specimens; MNI, minimumum number of individual animals.
		Time proceeds from left to right; numbers indicate the stratigraphic level, H indicates historic time, and M indicates modern time as explained in Materials and Methods.
		Numbers of species (vertical axis) observed in trophic and size categories (along horizontal axis) for various time intervals: Badger Room time, level 1, historic time (late 19th and early 20th centuries), and modern time (late 20th and early 21st centuries).
	www.pnas.org /cgi/content/full/101/25/9297 (3885 words)

	Amazon.com: Weighing vs. counting: measurement reliability and the California School of Midden Analysis. : An article ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This method originated at the University of California, Berkeley, in the early twentieth century and continues to the present, in spite of the advent of counting measures such as MNI and NISP (number of identified specimens) in faunal studies.
		We argue that MNI estimates are more reliable than weight as a measure of taxonomic abundance for most research issues being addressed with California shell data.
		The counting measures most often used by vertebrate zooarchaeologists are the number of identified specimens (NISP) per taxon and the minimum number of individuals (MNI) animals per...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000986L9M?v=glance (416 words)

	RCD Database
		The 1/8 inch mesh samples all come from trash mounds and were taken to test faunal recovery.
		All faunal remains were analyzed except some from Meddler Point and Griffin Wash, where, due to the large numbers of animal remains, only faunal material from well-dated contexts was analyzed.
		Assemblage quantification was based on number of identified specimens per taxon (NISP).
	archaeology.la.asu.edu /collections/rcd/rcdfaunl.htm (158 words)

	Genome-Wide Copy Number Imbalances Identified in Familial and Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma -- Marsh et al. 88 ...
		Genome-Wide Copy Number Imbalances Identified in Familial and Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma -- Marsh et al.
		Specimen 2043, with CGH changes grossly exceeding the mean number,
		Marsh DJ, Andrew SD, Eng C, Learoyd DL, Capes AG, Pojer R, Richardson A-L, Houghton C, Mulligan LM, Ponder BAJ, Robinson BG 1996 Germline and somatic mutations in an oncogene: RET mutation in inherited medullary thyroid carcinoma.
	jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/88/4/1866 (3836 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2003027598
		Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.
		Archaeology-In-Laws Neal Ferris References Cited About the Contributors Charles Cleland On the Occasion of His Retirement A number of years ago I had the idea of making a Ken Starr-type investigation of the behavior of archeologists and anthropologists out in the field.
		I mean way out in the field, far from the comforts of home and the behavior modification process known as marriage.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003027598.html (1390 words)

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