Helen Lookingbill
Basic information
Sample name: Helen Lookingbill

Reference: M. Kornfeld, M. L. Larson, D. J. Rapson, and G. C. Frison. 2001. 10,000 years in the Rocky Mountains: the Helen Lookingbill site. Journal of Field Archaeology 28(3/4):307-324 [ER 3182]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Wyoming


Coordinate: 43° 38' N, 109° 31' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00714

Min Ma: 0.00646

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "approximately 12 km NE of Dubois" (apparently close to Black Mountain, basis of coordinate)
reported faunal material is from the Early Archaic stratum, which yielded eight uncorrected radiocarbon dates ranging from 7140 +/- 160 to 6460 +/- 90 b.p.

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: "Analysis of an Early Archaic deer bone bed suggests a short term event associated with removal of desirable cuts of meat from the area... the Lookingbill site was never occupied on a year-round basis"
there are numerous stone tools

Methods
Life forms: ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 497 specimens

Years: 1988 - 1993

Sampling comments: "water screening through 1/8" mesh hardware cloth of 1/8" nested with 1/16" for the NE quads" was used, although no microfauna is reported

Metadata
Sample number: 3490

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-06 21:33:14

Modified: 2019-09-09 02:38:13

Abundance distribution
3 species
0 singletons
total count 497
extrapolated richness: 3.4
Fisher's α: 0.425
geometric series k: 0.0911
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0570
Shannon's H: 0.1529
Good's u: 1.0000
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