Sunshine Locality (Unit E)
Basic information
Sample name: Sunshine Locality (Unit E)
Reference: G. Huckleberry, C. Beck, G. T. Jones, A. Holmes, M. Cannon, S. Livingston, and J. M. Broughton. 2001. Terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene environmental change at the Sunshine Locality, north-central Nevada, U.S.A.. Quaternary Research 55:303-312 [ER 3215]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Nevada
Coordinate: 39° 43' N, 115° 16' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3215
Unit number: 5
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.01355
Min Ma: 0.00988
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in southern Long Valley, about 60 km northwest of Ely" and shown as immediately west of the Butte Mountains (coordinate based on Butte Mountains)
there are 11 uncalibrated dates ranging from 13550 +/- 70 to 9880 +/- 50 14C yr B.P.
dates are interpreted as ending within the Younger Dryas, so the entire unit is Pleistocene
there are 11 uncalibrated dates ranging from 13550 +/- 70 to 9880 +/- 50 14C yr B.P.
dates are interpreted as ending within the Younger Dryas, so the entire unit is Pleistocene
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "lacustrine... indurated fine sands and silts with occasional oblate beach gravels inset into the lacustrine deposits"
stone tools are inventoried
stone tools are inventoried
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 101 specimens
Years: 1993
Sampling comments: "In 1993, a 5 x 6 m block was excavated 4 m deep"
there is no discussion of screenwashing
there is no discussion of screenwashing
Metadata
Sample number: 3533
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-11 22:30:44
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:55:28
Abundance distribution
23 species
8 singletons
total count 101
geometric series index: 46.7
Fisher's α: 9.300
geometric series k: 0.8900
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9241
Shannon's H: 2.7819
Good's u: 0.9216
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Register
| Salmonidae indet. | 1 | |
| Cyprinidae indet. | 13 | |
| Catostomidae indet. | 2 | |
| Podiceps sp. | 2 | |
| Cygnus sp. | 1 | |
| Branta sp. | 3 | |
| Anas sp. | 7 | |
| Aythya sp. | 10 | |
| Scolopacidae indet. | 1 | |
| Pica hudsonia | 1 | omnivore |
| "Pica pica" (restricted to Eurasia) | ||
| Brachylagus idahoensis | 8 | 424 g |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 7 | |
| Lepus sp. | 6 | |
| Sciuridae indet. | 9 | |
| Thomomys sp. | 4 | |
| Dipodomys sp. | 2 | |
| Microtus sp. | 7 | |
| Lemmiscus curtatus | 2 | 30.3 g |
| Canis latrans | 1 | 12 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Neogale vison | 1 | 950 g |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Equus sp. | 1 | |
| Camelops hesternus | 11 | |