Bluegrass (micro)
Basic information
Sample name: Bluegrass (micro)
Reference: C. R. Stafford, R. L. Richards, and C. M. Anslinger. 2000. The Bluegrass fauna and changes in middle Holocene hunter-gatherer foraging in the southern Midwest. American Antiquity 65(2):317-336 [ER 3135]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Coordinate: 38.10° N, -87.37° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00529
Min Ma: 0.00503
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in the extreme northwest corner of Warrick County" show approximately in sec 12, T5S, R9W
five radiocarbon dates range from 5290 +/- 70 to 5030 -/- 100 ybp (Jeffries 1997) (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
five radiocarbon dates range from 5290 +/- 70 to 5030 -/- 100 ybp (Jeffries 1997) (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: burials,hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: "A 35-cm-thick, organic-rich midden" with "abundant fire-cracked rock, well-preserved animal bone, nutshell, and to a lesser extent lithic debitage and tools... One-hundred and thirty-two pits or hearths were exposed, along with 80 human burials and 12 dog burials"
there is no discussion of ceramics or structures
there is no discussion of ceramics or structures
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,frogs,salamanders,fishes,crustaceans,clams
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 169 specimens
Years: 1981 - 1988
Sampling comments: "derived from 33 pit features excavated at the site... Fauna were recovered from pit fall, dry screened through 1/4-inch mesh, and from the heavy fraction of 11 liter flotation samples. All bone greater than 2 mm is included in the flotation assemblage"
this sample represented the microfaunal assemblage
this sample represented the microfaunal assemblage
Metadata
Sample number: 3424
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 11:35:11
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:44:41
Abundance distribution
40 species
18 singletons
total count 169
extrapolated richness: 104.6
Fisher's α: 16.550
geometric series k: 0.9060
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8858
Shannon's H: 2.8713
Good's u: 0.8941
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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