Learmonth Site
Basic information
Sample name: Learmonth Site
Sample aka: PeJr-1
Reference: A. M. Rick. 1980. Non-cetacean vertebrate remains from two Thule winter houses on Somerset Island, N.W.T.. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 4:99-117 [ER 3153]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Northwest Territories
Coordinate: 72° 45' N, 93° 40' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00095
Min Ma: 0.00075
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "on the north shore of Creswell Bay" on Somerset Island (coordinate based on Creswell Bay)
"The sites date to approximately A.D. 1000-1200 stylistically and on the basis of radiocarbon dates"
"The sites date to approximately A.D. 1000-1200 stylistically and on the basis of radiocarbon dates"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: a Thule winter dwelling
there is no discussion of lithics, ceramics, or structures and this is not a midden
there is no discussion of lithics, ceramics, or structures and this is not a midden
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1458 specimens
Years: 1976
Sampling comments: there is no discussion of screenwashing
Metadata
Sample number: 3449
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 11:54:19
Modified: 2023-02-25 10:53:58
Abundance distribution
26 species
7 singletons
total count 1458
geometric series index: 43.4
Fisher's α: 4.494
geometric series k: 0.7635
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5823
Shannon's H: 1.3080
Good's u: 0.9952
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Register
| Gavia arctica | 1 | 3.5 kg |
| Fulmarus glacialis | 15 | 649 g |
| Anser caerulescens | 3 | |
| Clangula hyemalis | 3 | 932 g |
| Somateria mollissima | 4 | 2.2 kg |
| Somateria spectabilis | 2 | 1.7 kg |
| Anatidae indet. | 1 | |
| "duck" | ||
| Lagopus sp. | 6 | |
| lagopus or mutus | ||
| Larus hyperboreus | 18 | 43.1 g |
| Laridae indet. medium | 4 | |
| Xema sabini | 4 | 198 g |
| Laridae indet. small | 1 | |
| Uria lomvia | 5 | 964 g |
| Charadriiformes indet. small | 1 | |
| Nyctea scandiaca | 1 | |
| Corvus corax | 1 | omnivore |
| Lepus arcticus | 2 | |
| Lemmus sibiricus | 1 | 43.7 g |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 28 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Vulpes lagopus | 400 | 3.3 kg |
| approximate count | ||
| Ursus maritimus | 25 | |
| Odobenus rosmarus | 4 | |
| Phoca hispida | 850 | |
| approximate count | ||
| Erignathus barbatus | 9 | |
| Rangifer tarandus | 45 | 69 kg browser |
| Ovibos moschatus | 24 | 214 kg |