DjPp-8 (level A)
Basic information
Sample name: DjPp-8 (level A)
Sample aka: Crowsnest Pass
Reference: J. C. Driver. 1993. Early to late prehistoric lithic and faunal assemblages, site DjPp-8, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 17:43-58 [ER 3156]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Alberta
Coordinate: 49° 38' 0" N, 114° 36' 51" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3156
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Min Ma: 0.00238
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on the north bank of the Crowsnest River at its outlet from Crowsnest Lake"
"Radiocarbon dates on bison bone from level C were 2260 +/- 310 B.P. (RL 865) and 2380 +/- 130 B.P. (RL 863)" and there were no dates from A or B, so these are minimum estimates (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
"Radiocarbon dates on bison bone from level C were 2260 +/- 310 B.P. (RL 865) and 2380 +/- 130 B.P. (RL 863)" and there were no dates from A or B, so these are minimum estimates (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "Excavation proceeded by arbitrary levels" and apparently was confined to "up to one metre of light brown silts, grading up to one metre of colluvium"
projectile points were found in all levels, and the accumulation is implicitly attributed to hunting
the site is not described as a midden and there is no mention of ceramics or structures
projectile points were found in all levels, and the accumulation is implicitly attributed to hunting
the site is not described as a midden and there is no mention of ceramics or structures
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 138 specimens
Years: 1976
Sampling comments: "All material was screened through a 6 mm mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 3453
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 14:43:36
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:34:50
Abundance distribution
10 species
4 singletons
total count 138
geometric series index: 21.0
Fisher's α: 2.476
geometric series k: 0.6163
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6150
Shannon's H: 1.3153
Good's u: 0.9712
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Register
| Tetraonidae indet. | 2 | |
| Lagomorpha indet. | 1 | |
| Ondatra zibethicus | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Castor canadensis | 31 | 11 kg |
| Lontra canadensis | 1 | 7.1 kg piscivore |
| "Lutra canadensis" | ||
| Cervus canadensis | 10 | 170 kg browser-grazer |
| "Cervus elaphus" | ||
| Alces alces | 1 | 421 kg herbivore |
| Odocoileus sp. | 2 | |
| Ovis canadensis | 11 | 55 kg |
| Bison sp. | 78 | |