La Playa
Basic information
Sample name: La Playa
Sample aka: SON:F:10:3
Reference: P. MartÃnez-Lira, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, and J. P. Carpenter. 2011. Faunal remains and subsistence practices at the archaeological site La Playa (SON:F:10:3) in Sonora, Mexico. Kiva 77(1):33-58 [ER 3166]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Sonora
Coordinate: 30.17° N, -111.52° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00325
Min Ma: 0.0017
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: remains were recovered from two large areas of the site
there is an error in the stated UTM y coordinate, which is missing a 0 at the end: the correct coordinates appear to be zone 12, 449500 E, 3374000 N
14 dates range from 3250 +/- 40 to 1700 +/- 40 BP (Carpenter et al. 2003) (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
there is an error in the stated UTM y coordinate, which is missing a 0 at the end: the correct coordinates appear to be zone 12, 449500 E, 3374000 N
14 dates range from 3250 +/- 40 to 1700 +/- 40 BP (Carpenter et al. 2003) (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,hearths,other structures
Habitat comments: "bone remains" were "recovered from a storage pit and eight roasting pits in the Entierros area, and 27 roasting pits, one possible house, one storage pit, and one probable garbage dump in the Hornos Alineados area"
artifacts are not described, and Carpenter et al. (2015) indicate that ceramics are not present in this level
artifacts are not described, and Carpenter et al. (2015) indicate that ceramics are not present in this level
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,frogs,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 771 specimens
Sampling comments: there is no discussion of screenwashing
Metadata
Sample number: 3467
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 08:22:22
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:51:36
Abundance distribution
21 species
4 singletons
total count 771
geometric series index: 32.3
Fisher's α: 3.984
geometric series k: 0.7503
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7522
Shannon's H: 1.7965
Good's u: 0.9948
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| Hoplopargus guntheri | 1 | |
| Rhinella marina | 31 | |
| Crotalus sp. | 4 | |
| Kinosternon sp. | 7 | |
| Trachemys scripta | 1 | |
| Gopherus sp. | 9 | |
| Buteo jamaicensis | 313 | 30.4 g carnivore |
| Corvus corax | 28 | omnivore |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 2 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Mephitis macroura | 1 | 1.0 kg |
| Odocoileus hemionus | 20 | 65 kg browser |
| Odocoileus virginianus | 2 | 75 kg herbivore |
| Antilocapra americana | 5 | 51 kg |
| Ovis canadensis | 2 | 55 kg |
| Liomys sp. | 1 | |
| Peromyscus sp. | 2 | |
| Sigmodon hispidus | 3 | 89.4 g |
| Lepus callotis | 42 | |
| Lepus californicus | 6 | 2.1 kg |
| Lepus alleni | 182 | |
| Sylvilagus audubonii | 109 | 869 g |