Hell Gap Locality II
Basic information
Sample name: Hell Gap Locality II

Sample aka: 48G0305

Reference: D. A. Byers. 2002. Paleoindian fat-seeking behavior: evidence from the Hell Gap Site, Localtiy II Agate Basin faunal assemblage. Plains Anthropologist 47:359-377 [ER 3186]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Wyoming


Coordinate: 42° 25' N, 104° 38' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Ma: 0.01052

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: coordinate based on Hell Gap Archaeological Site
from a horizon yielding Agate Basin cultural complex artifacts
Pelton et al. (2017, Quat Res) provide a calibrated age estimate for the Agate Basin interval at Hell Gap of 11,750 BP, which is based on an age-depth model and apparently is driven by a conventional radiocarbon date of 10,520 +/- 100 BP for substratum E2

Environment
Lithology: siltstone

Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit,human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: stone tools,other structures

Habitat comments: "a series of tan silts of aeolian origin"
"Diverse tool kits" and "large lithic and bone scatters in combination with possible structures suggests that a series of residential base camps" were present

Methods
Life forms: ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1303 specimens

Sampling comments: screenwashing is not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 3494

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-07 18:52:35

Modified: 2019-09-12 00:23:45

Abundance distribution
3 species
1 singleton
total count 1303
geometric series index: 6.0
Fisher's α: 0.367
geometric series k: 0.0277
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0038
Shannon's H: 0.0177
Good's u: 0.9992
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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