Sample name: Watson Brake (6.4 mm fraction)

Sample aka: 16WC5

Reference: J. W. Saunders, R. D. Mandel, C. G. Sampson, C. M. Allen, E. T. Allen, D. A. Bush, J. K. Feathers, K. J. Gremillion, C. T. Hallmark, H. E. Jackson, J. K. Johnson, R. Jones, R. T. Saucier, G. L. Stringer, and Vidrine. 2005. Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic mound complex in northeast Lousiana. American Antiquity 70(4):631-668 [ER 3168]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement

Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,hearths,stone tools

Habitat comments: artifacts include fire-cracked rock, flaked lithics, chert beads, non-flaked lithics, bone and antler tools, manuports, and fired earthen objects, but there are no ceramics per se
there are firepits and postholes

Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,other reptiles,frogs,salamanders,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 1833 specimens

Sampling comments: most or all of the material is from Mound B
"samples were divided into large (>6.4 mm) and small (6.4 mm-3.2 mm) fragments"

Sample number: 3471

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-04 11:13:02

Modified: 2023-02-25 10:58:33