Angel Site (Subdivision W10D)
Basic information
Sample name: Angel Site (Subdivision W10D)

Reference: H. W. Neumann. 1961. The identification of a sample of unmodified faunal remains from the Angel Site. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 71:53-56 [ER 3148]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Indiana


County: Vanderburgh


Coordinate: 37° 57' N, 87° 27' W
Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00075

Min Ma: 0.0005

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: coordinate based on Angel Mounds
"Middle Mississippian (ca. AD 1200-1450)" (Hilgeman 1988, Proc Indiana Acad Sci 98)

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,ceramics,stone tools,other artifacts

Habitat comments: no details given, but the site had "aboriginal inhabitants" and "a relatively high utilization of mammalian fauna in their economy is indicated" and the assemblage is clearly anthropogenic
there are bone, shell, and stone tools including points, pottery sherds, and a large mound complex including post moulds (Black 1941, Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 51)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 542 specimens

Sampling comments: "The bone material excavated from the site had been washed"

Metadata
Sample number: 3443

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-01 20:48:08

Modified: 2023-02-25 10:53:38

Abundance distribution
13 species
3 singletons
total count 542
geometric series index: 23.1
Fisher's α: 2.396
geometric series k: 0.5975
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2019
Shannon's H: 0.5579
Good's u: 0.9945
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Canis lupus familiaris643 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Canis latrans112 kg carnivore-insectivore
Cervus canadensis1170 kg browser-grazer
Didelphis virginiana31.1 kg insectivore-carnivore
Ursus americanus2115 kg browser-insectivore
"Euarctos americanus"
Puma concolor149 kg carnivore
"Felis cougar"
Lynx rufus39.0 kg carnivore
Marmota monax24.5 kg
Odocoileus virginianus48375 kg herbivore
Procyon lotor105.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Sciurus carolinensis5519 g frugivore
Sciurus niger23750 g
Sylvilagus floridanus21.1 kg herbivore