Granite Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Granite Cave
Sample aka: 23CT36
Reference: W. E. Klippel, L. M. Snyder, and P. W. Parmalee. 1987. Taphonomy and archaeologically recovered mammal bone from southeast Missouri. Journal of Ethnobiology 7(2):155-169 [ER 3778]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Missouri
County: Carter
Coordinate: 37° 0' N, 91° 1' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Geography comments: "on the Current River" which goes through Van Buren (basis of coordinate) in this county
there are no radioisotopic or other dates
there are no radioisotopic or other dates
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: bird accumulation,carnivore accumulation,cave
Archaeology: bone tools,ceramics,stone tools
Habitat comments: "a west-facing cave situated high on a limestone cliff"
there were "five strata... predominately Historic, Mississippian, two underlying nonceramic zones and a basal stratum lacking cultural materials" with materials recovered including "53 shell tempered sherds, 23 lithic artifacts, 2 modified bone artifacts, and 2 modified shell artifacts, debitage included ca. 2,500 chert flakes, 825 shells and shell fragments" mostly "from terrestrial species"
"wild carnivores, perhaps wolves, probably were substantial" for the deer accumulation and owls for the small mammal accumulation
there were "five strata... predominately Historic, Mississippian, two underlying nonceramic zones and a basal stratum lacking cultural materials" with materials recovered including "53 shell tempered sherds, 23 lithic artifacts, 2 modified bone artifacts, and 2 modified shell artifacts, debitage included ca. 2,500 chert flakes, 825 shells and shell fragments" mostly "from terrestrial species"
"wild carnivores, perhaps wolves, probably were substantial" for the deer accumulation and owls for the small mammal accumulation
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 2699 specimens
Sampling comments: deposits "were excavated" and "screened through 6.4 mm (1/4-inch) mesh hardware cloth"
Metadata
Sample number: 4081
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-02-23 09:46:08
Modified: 2023-02-22 22:49:40
Abundance distribution
18 species
4 singletons
total count 2699
geometric series index: 25.4
Fisher's α: 2.590
geometric series k: 0.6418
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4960
Shannon's H: 1.1904
Good's u: 0.9985
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Glaucomys volans | 1881 | 67.4 g |
| Lipotyphla indet. | 269 | |
| "mole and shrew" combined | ||
| Vespertilionidae indet. | 160 | |
| Cricetidae indet. | 148 | |
| Odocoileus virginianus | 79 | 75 kg herbivore |
| Sciurus sp. | 52 | |
| Geomys bursarius | 52 | |
| Procyon lotor | 13 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 13 | 1.1 kg herbivore |
| Marmota monax | 7 | 4.5 kg |
| Tamias striatus | 7 | 113 g frugivore-insectivore |
| Mephitidae indet. | 7 | |
| Mephitis and Spilogale | ||
| Didelphis virginiana | 4 | 2.2 kg insectivore-carnivore |
| "Didelphis marsupialis" | ||
| Canis sp. | 3 | |
| "wolf, coyote, dog" | ||
| Castor canadensis | 1 | 11 kg |
| Canidae indet. | 1 | |
| "red or gray fox" | ||
| Puma concolor | 1 | 49 kg carnivore |
| "Felis concolor" | ||
| †Dasypus cf. bellus | 1 | |