Sucices Site (Excavation Square 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Sucices Site (Excavation Square 2)
Sample aka: 47PR46
Reference: S. R. Kuehn. 1998. New evidence for Late Paleoindian-Early Archaic subsistence behavior in the Western Great Lakes. American Antiquity 63(3):457-476 [ER 3167]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wisconsin
Coordinate: 46° 21' N, 91° 48' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.01
Min Ma: 0.008
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "approximately 230 m west of the St. Croix River, roughly 400 m south of where the river drains from Upper St. Croix Lake" (coordinate based on Solon Springs, which is on the lake)
from "10,000 B.P. to 8000 B.P., based on similarities in artifact styles with dated sites outside this region"
all artifacts are stone and there are no bone tools, ceramics, or structures
from "10,000 B.P. to 8000 B.P., based on similarities in artifact styles with dated sites outside this region"
all artifacts are stone and there are no bone tools, ceramics, or structures
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "A Late Paleoindian Plan complex occupation represents the primary component at the site"
there are numerous lithics, but ceramics are not discussed
there are numerous lithics, but ceramics are not discussed
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,turtles
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 112 specimens
Years: 1983
Sampling comments: material "was recovered through 1/4-inch dry screening of sediments" and "flotation of soil samples"
Metadata
Sample number: 3470
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 10:14:08
Modified: 2019-09-09 02:54:53
Abundance distribution
3 species
1 singleton
total count 112
geometric series index: 4.9
Fisher's α: 0.567
geometric series k: 0.0976
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1102
Shannon's H: 0.2594
Good's u: 0.9911
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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