North Creek Shelter (Paleoarchaic)
Basic information
Sample name: North Creek Shelter (Paleoarchaic)
Reference: J. C. Janetski, M. L. Bodily, B. A. Newbold, and D. T. Yoder. 2012. The Paleoarchaic to Early Archaic transition on the Colorado Plateau: the archaeology of North Creek Shelter. American Antiquity 77(1):125-159 [ER 3138]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Utah
Coordinate: 37° 46' N, 111° 36' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3138
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.00969
Min Ma: 0.00951
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on the west edge of Escalante Valley... at the base of a south-to-southwest facing sandstone cliff" close to the origin of the Escalante River (coordinate based on Escalante)
Paleoarchaic levels are IIg, IIIb, and IIIe, whereas Early Archaic levels are Va and Vt
there are two conventional dates on IIa of 9960 +/- 30 and 9800 +/- 50 ybp, one on IIIa of 9690 +/- 60 ybp, and one on IVa of 9510 +/- 80 ybp, so the latter two bracket the Paleoarchaic fauna
Paleoarchaic levels are IIg, IIIb, and IIIe, whereas Early Archaic levels are Va and Vt
there are two conventional dates on IIa of 9960 +/- 30 and 9800 +/- 50 ybp, one on IIIa of 9690 +/- 60 ybp, and one on IVa of 9510 +/- 80 ybp, so the latter two bracket the Paleoarchaic fauna
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit,human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Numerous pits and hearths as well as abundant tools and faunal bone are present in all deposits... all sediments, early and late, derived initially from colluvial action... that carried silts and sands down vertical cracks in the cliff face" and the lowest 2.5 m consists "of discrete bands of tan sands and silts alternating with darkened cultural layers"
there is no mention of in situ ceramics
there is no mention of in situ ceramics
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,lizards,snakes,frogs,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 1544 specimens
Years: 2004 - 2008
Sampling comments: "All sediments were screened with .318 cm (one-eighth inch) mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 3428
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 14:15:49
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:17:44
Abundance distribution
25 species
6 singletons
total count 1544
extrapolated richness: 41.1
Fisher's α: 4.236
geometric series k: 0.7482
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5054
Shannon's H: 1.2167
Good's u: 0.9961
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Ovis canadensis | 5 | 55 kg |
| Canis spp. | 2 | |
| Felidae indet. | 1 | |
| Mustelidae indet. | 2 | |
| Lepus spp. | 70 | |
| Sylvilagus spp. | 226 | |
| Castor canadensis | 10 | 11 kg |
| Erethizon dorsatum | 12 | 9.9 kg herbivore |
| Marmota flaviventris | 3 | |
| Otospermophilus variegatus | 12 | |
| "Spermophilus variegatus" | ||
| Thomomys spp. | 1 | |
| Microtus spp. | 11 | |
| Neotoma spp. | 77 | |
| Vespertilionidae indet. | 2 | |
| Falconidae indet. | 1 | |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 4 | 7.8 kg omnivore |
| Dendragapus obscurus | 24 | 1.2 kg |
| Anatidae indet. | 2 | |
| Aythya spp. | 4 | |
| Colaptes cf. auratus | 1 | 11.3 g insectivore-frugivore |
| Colubridae indet. | 4 | |
| Crotaphytus cf. collaris | 1 | |
| Anaxyrus spp. | 12 | |
| "Bufo spp." | ||
| Gila spp. | 1 | |