Croley-Evans
Basic information
Sample name: Croley-Evans

Sample aka: 15KX24

Reference: R. W. Jefferies, E. Breitburg, J. Flood, and C. M. Scarry. 1996. Mississippian adaptation on the northern periphery: settlement, subsistence and interaction in the Cumberland valley of southeastern Kentucky. Southeastern Archaeology 15(1):1-18 [ER 3165]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Kentucky

County: Knox

Coordinate: 37° 45' N, 84° 59' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00096

Min Ma: 0.00052

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "in Knox County" in or very close to Gausdale based on the map of Jeffries 2001 (in Archaeology of the Applachian Highlands)
there are five uncalibrated dates ranging from 960 +/- 80 to 520 +/- B.P., both on "cane matting"

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement

Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, ceramics, stone tools

Habitat comments: "a platform mound and an extensive midden deposit" also referred to as a "town and mound complex"
posts are present, and artifacts include lithics, ceramics, modified bone and shell

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders, fishes, snails

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 2378 specimens

Years: 1993 - 1994

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: screenwashing is not mentioned

Metadata
Sample no: 3466

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-03 22:05:36

Modified: 2023-02-25 10:57:10

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
52 species
16 singletons
total count 2378
geometric series index: 97.4
Fisher's α: 9.389
geometric series k: 0.874
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.775
Shannon's H: 2.0446
Good's u: 0.9933
Register
Homo sapiens (human)264.0 kg
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)963
Lynx rufus (bobcat)1
Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk)2
Neogale frenata (long-tailed weasel)1
"Mustela frenata"
Procyon lotor (raccoon)265.5 kg
Ursus americanus (American black bear)28115.0 kg
Canis cf. lupus (gray wolf)143.0 kg
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)94.1 kg
Oryzomys palustris 1042.4 g
Peromyscus cf. maniculatus (eastern deer mouse)219.1 g
Castor canadensis 511.0 kg
Sciurus niger (fox squirrel)17750.0 g
Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)132519.0 g
Glaucomys volans 267.4 g
Marmota monax 164.5 kg
Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)13113.0 g
Sylvilagus floridanus 221.1 kg
Scalopus aquaticus 194.9 g
Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum)191.0 kg
"Didelphis marsupialis"
Dumetella carolinensis 135.3 g
Mimus polyglottos 148.5 g
Corvus brachyrhynchos 2
Passeriformes indet.2
Dryocopus pileatus 317.5 g
Colaptes auratus 211.3 g
Bubo virginianus 134.0 g
Ectopistes migratorius 14
Colinus virginianus 112.9 g
Meleagris gallopavo 1587.8 kg
Haliaeetus leucocephalus 14.1 kg
Buteo jamaicensis 130.4 g
Coragyps atratus 140.5 g
Spatula discors 2380.0 g
"Anas discors"
Butorides virescens 113.7 g
Podilymbus podiceps 1474.0 g
Apalone cf. spinifera 6
"Trionyx spiniferus"
Graptemys spp. 3
Terrapene carolina 465
Chelydra serpentina 19
Colubridae indet.255
Viperidae indet.130
Lithobates pipiens 1
"Rana pipiens"
Lithobates catesbeianus 2
"Rana catesbeiana"
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis 4
Aplodinotus grunniens 2
Centrarchidae indet.2
Ictaluridae indet.1
Cyprinidae indet.6
Moxostoma spp. 15
Catostomidae indet.2
Busycon spp. 1
tentatively referred