Sunshine Locality (Unit D)
Basic information
Sample name: Sunshine Locality (Unit D)
Reference: G. Huckleberry, C. Beck, G. T. Jones, A. Holmes, M. Cannon, S. Livingston, and J. M. Broughton. 2001. Terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene environmental change at the Sunshine Locality, north-central Nevada, U.S.A.. Quaternary Research 55:303-312 [ER 3215]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Nevada
Coordinate: 39° 43' N, 115° 16' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3215
Unit number: 4
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.00992
Min Ma: 0.00742
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in southern Long Valley, about 60 km northwest of Ely" and shown as immediately west of the Butte Mountains (coordinate based on Butte Mountains)
there are three uncalibrated dates ranging from 9920 +/- 60 to 7420 +/- 60 14C yr B.P.
there are three uncalibrated dates ranging from 9920 +/- 60 to 7420 +/- 60 14C yr B.P.
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "a channel facies marked by channel cut and fill stratigraphic boundaries and cross-bedded sands" and "distal alluvial fan deposits"
stone tools are inventoried
stone tools are inventoried
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 8 specimens
Years: 1993
Sampling comments: "In 1993, a 5 x 6 m block was excavated 4 m deep"
there is no discussion of screenwashing
there is no discussion of screenwashing
Metadata
Sample number: 3532
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-11 22:25:44
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:55:30
Abundance distribution
5 species
3 singletons
total count 8
geometric series index: 21.4
Fisher's α: 5.705
geometric series k: 0.7598
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7143
Shannon's H: 1.4942
Good's u: 0.6576
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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