Cerro Mejia
Basic information
Sample name: Cerro Mejia
Reference: M. E. Moseley, D. J. Nash, P. R. Williams, S. D. deFrance, A. Miranda, and M. Ruales. 2005. Burning down the brewery: Establishing and evacuating an ancient imperial colony at Cerro Baùl, Peru. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102(48):17264-17271 [ER 3424]
Geography
Country: Peru
Coordinate: -17.116° S, -70.850° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.001313
Min Ma: 0.000886
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: there are eight uncalibrated 14C dates ranging from 1313 +/- 58 to 886 +/- 40 BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: there are extensive structures with "lapis lazuli and chrysacolla, minerals used to make beads", hearths, and pots but apparently no burials
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 41 specimens
Years: 1989, 1997, 1998, 2001
Sampling comments: "The Cerro Baùl assemblage reported here is from excavations conducted in 1989, 1997, 1998, and 2001. The faunal remains were collected by using either 1/16 inch (1.8 mm) mesh screen (Cerro Baùl 2001, Cerro Meija all excavations) or 1/8 inch mesh screen (3.5 mm) (Cerro Baùl 1989, 1997, 1998)"
Metadata
Sample number: 3806
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-06-12 09:01:50
Modified: 2021-06-11 23:01:50
Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 41
geometric series index: 8.2
Fisher's α: 1.493
geometric series k: 0.4347
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4884
Shannon's H: 1.0116
Good's u: 0.9768
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Register
| Phyllotis sp. | 5 | |
| compared to this genus | ||
| Lagidium peruanum | 1 | |
| Lama cf. glama | 28 | |
| plus numerous camelid specimens probably including Vicugna pacos | ||
| Cervidae indet. | 5 | |
| Aves indet. | 2 | |