North Creek Shelter (Early Archaic)
Basic information
Sample name: North Creek Shelter (Early Archaic)
Reference: J. C. Janetski, M. L. Bodily, B. A. Newbold, and D. T. Yoder. 2012. The Paleoarchaic to Early Archaic transition on the Colorado Plateau: the archaeology of North Creek Shelter. American Antiquity 77(1):125-159 [ER 3138]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Utah
Coordinate: 37° 46' N, 111° 36' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3138
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.00832
Min Ma: 0.00797
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on the west edge of Escalante Valley... at the base of a south-to-southwest facing sandstone cliff" close to the origin of the Escalante River (coordinate based on Escalante)
Paleoarchaic levels are IIg, IIIb, and IIIe, whereas Early Archaic levels are Va and Vt
there are two conventional radiocarbon dates on Vt of 8320 +/- 120 and 7970 +/- 80 ybp
Paleoarchaic levels are IIg, IIIb, and IIIe, whereas Early Archaic levels are Va and Vt
there are two conventional radiocarbon dates on Vt of 8320 +/- 120 and 7970 +/- 80 ybp
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit,human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Numerous pits and hearths as well as abundant tools and faunal bone are present in all deposits... all sediments, early and late, derived initially from colluvial action... that carried silts and sands down vertical cracks in the cliff face" and the lowest 2.5 m consists "of discrete bands of tan sands and silts alternating with darkened cultural layers"
there is no mention of in situ ceramics
there is no mention of in situ ceramics
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 997 specimens
Years: 2004 - 2008
Sampling comments: "All sediments were screened with .318 cm (one-eighth inch) mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 3429
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 14:23:07
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:17:47
Abundance distribution
17 species
7 singletons
total count 997
geometric series index: 35.0
Fisher's α: 2.911
geometric series k: 0.6645
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4859
Shannon's H: 1.0713
Good's u: 0.9930
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