Otter Creek No. 2 (Zone 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Otter Creek No. 2 (Zone 3)
Reference: W. A. Ritchie. 1979. The Otter Creek No. 2 site in Rutland County, Vermont. Bulletin and Journal of the Archaeology of New York State 76:1-21 [ER 3194]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Vermont
Coordinate: 43° 50' 17" N, 70° 8' 48" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.00507
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on the east bank of Otter Creek, in Brandon Swamp, Brandon Township, Rutland County"
there is "a radiocarbon date of 5070 B.P. +/- 210 years" on bone collagen (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
there is "a radiocarbon date of 5070 B.P. +/- 210 years" on bone collagen (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: bone tools,burials,hearths,metal tools,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Zone 3, a black clay loam with a thin scattering of charcoal granules, ranged in depth from about 8 to 23 cm, and was the chief occupation horizon of the site. As nearly as could be determined, nearly everything clearly associated with Zone 3 pertained to the Vergennes phase"
there were "A few scattered human burials" totalling six individuals, "Fire-shattered rock fragments and debitage", numerous stone tools, copper gorges and bone and antler implements, but no ceramics
the occupation is inferred to have included "a few flimsy housing units"
there were "A few scattered human burials" totalling six individuals, "Fire-shattered rock fragments and debitage", numerous stone tools, copper gorges and bone and antler implements, but no ceramics
the occupation is inferred to have included "a few flimsy housing units"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,birds,turtles
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 238 specimens
Years: 1970 - 1977
Sampling comments: "Considerable portions of the site material were passed through a screen with about 7mm mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 3503
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-08 20:16:19
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:53:50
Abundance distribution
10 species
3 singletons
total count 238
geometric series index: 16.3
Fisher's α: 2.113
geometric series k: 0.5670
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4896
Shannon's H: 1.1063
Good's u: 0.9874
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