Schroeder Site (Structure 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Schroeder Site (Structure 1)

Reference: P. W. Parmalee. 1964. Animal remains from the Schroeder Site, Durango, Mexico. Kiva 29(4):99-110 [ER 3184]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Durango


Coordinate: 23° 54' N, 104° 37' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00129

Min Ma: 0.00122

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "five miles south of the City of Durango" and "occupies two hills and an intervening saddle of the Sierra de Ayala, which lies south and east of the Rio Tunal and within a bend of that river" (close to Bayacora, basis of coordinate)
Structure 1 is "associated" with the Las Joyas Phase, said to be "700-950 A.D."
there are four reliable dates of "A.D. 660, A.D. 675, A.D. 700, and A.D. 730" on the Las Joyas Phase (Kelley 1971, Handbook of Middle American Indians)

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings,ceramics

Habitat comments: lithology and artifacts are not discussed, but ceramics are present according to Kelley (1971)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 121 specimens

Years: 1954, 1956, 1958

Sampling comments: screenwashing is not discussed
a specimen of "Burro?" is considered intrusive

Metadata
Sample number: 3492

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-07 15:34:47

Modified: 2023-02-25 11:01:56

Abundance distribution
8 species
3 singletons
total count 121
extrapolated richness: 15.2
Fisher's α: 1.925
geometric series k: 0.5719
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6823
Shannon's H: 1.3478
Good's u: 0.9753
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Odocoileus virginianus5075 kg herbivore
Procyon lotor15.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Sciurus sp.1
Lepus spp.41
Sylvilagus spp.20
Ursus americanus2115 kg browser-insectivore
Canis lupus familiaris543 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Pandion haliaetus11.4 kg carnivore