Sachsen Cave Shelter
Basic information
Sample name: Sachsen Cave Shelter
Reference: J. D. Franklin, R. Walker, M. A. Hays, and C. W. Beck. 2010. Late Archaic site use at Sachsen Cave Shelter, Upper Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. North American Archaeologist 31(3-4):447-479 [ER 3196]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Coordinate: 36.38° N, -84.93° W
Coordinate basis: based on political unit
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.005995
Min Ma: 0.003363
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: site location is studiously not discussed, but a map suggests that it is within Fentress County (basis of coordinate)
there are four uncalibrated AMS radiocarbon dates on Layer II ranging from 5995 +/- 42 to 3363 +/- 37 BP
there are four uncalibrated AMS radiocarbon dates on Layer II ranging from 5995 +/- 42 to 3363 +/- 37 BP
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Layer II is a very dark brown to black loamy sand. This layer is a Late Archaic midden approximately 40 cm thick. Charcoal, fauna, lithic flaking debris, and diagnostic stone tools are abundant" (charcoal is assumed to indicate hearths)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds,turtles,fishes,clams,snails
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 75 specimens
Years: 2008
Sampling comments: "All sediments were screened through 1/4" mesh. One-third of the sediment from every 5cm level was also water-screened through 1/8" mesh. Four liter (1 gallon) flotation samples were taken from every 5 cm level within the Late Archaic midden"
Metadata
Sample number: 3505
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-09 14:49:35
Modified: 2019-09-09 04:49:35
Abundance distribution
11 species
5 singletons
total count 75
extrapolated richness: 32.0
Fisher's α: 3.553
geometric series k: 0.6674
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4063
Shannon's H: 1.0635
Good's u: 0.9347
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Ursus americanus | 1 | 115 kg browser-insectivore |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 2 | 519 g frugivore |
| Odocoileus virginianus | 57 | 75 kg herbivore |
| Aves indet. | 1 | |
| "large" | ||
| Ectopistes cf. migratorius | 1 | |
| Bonasa umbellus | 1 | 566 g omnivore |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 1 | 7.8 kg omnivore |
| Terrapene carolina | 2 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. | 2 | |
| Gastropoda indet. | 5 | |
| "terrestrial snail" | ||
| Bivalvia indet. | 2 | |
| "freshwater mussel" | ||
Current reference:
Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)