DjPp-8 (level B)
Basic information
Sample name: DjPp-8 (level B)
Sample aka: Crowsnest Pass
Reference: J. C. Driver. 1993. Early to late prehistoric lithic and faunal assemblages, site DjPp-8, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 17:43-58 [ER 3156]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Alberta
Coordinate: 49° 38' 0" N, 114° 36' 51" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3156
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.0085
Min Ma: 0.0075
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "on the north bank of the Crowsnest River at its outlet from Crowsnest Lake"
"Radiocarbon dates on bison bone from level C were 2260 +/- 310 B.P. (RL 865) and 2380 +/- 130 B.P. (RL 863)" and there were no dates from A or B
this interval "contains a mixture of late Middle Prehistoric and Late Prehistoric material" and based on the late Middle Prehistoric assignment "perhaps" dates to "8500 to 7500 B.P."
"Radiocarbon dates on bison bone from level C were 2260 +/- 310 B.P. (RL 865) and 2380 +/- 130 B.P. (RL 863)" and there were no dates from A or B
this interval "contains a mixture of late Middle Prehistoric and Late Prehistoric material" and based on the late Middle Prehistoric assignment "perhaps" dates to "8500 to 7500 B.P."
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "Excavation proceeded by arbitrary levels" and apparently was confined to "up to one metre of light brown silts, grading up to one metre of colluvium"
projectile points were found in all levels, and the accumulation is implicitly attributed to hunting
the site is not described as a midden and there is no mention of ceramics or structures
projectile points were found in all levels, and the accumulation is implicitly attributed to hunting
the site is not described as a midden and there is no mention of ceramics or structures
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 320 specimens
Years: 1976
Sampling comments: "All material was screened through a 6 mm mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 3454
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 14:45:43
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:34:48
Abundance distribution
16 species
3 singletons
total count 320
geometric series index: 24.6
Fisher's α: 3.545
geometric series k: 0.7135
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7099
Shannon's H: 1.7295
Good's u: 0.9907
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Register
| Osteichthyes indet | 6 | |
| "Pisces" | ||
| Anatidae indet. | 1 | |
| Tetraonidae indet. | 4 | |
| Bubo virginianus | 1 | 34.0 g carnivore |
| Lagomorpha indet. | 22 | |
| Ondatra zibethicus | 2 | 1.1 kg |
| Marmotini indet. | 6 | |
| "Spermophilus sp." | ||
| Castor canadensis | 49 | 11 kg |
| Canis sp. | 5 | |
| Ursus americanus | 1 | 115 kg browser-insectivore |
| Cervus canadensis | 34 | 170 kg browser-grazer |
| "Cervus elaphus" | ||
| Alces alces | 2 | 421 kg herbivore |
| Odocoileus sp. | 6 | |
| Oreamnos americanus | 2 | 78 kg |
| Ovis canadensis | 21 | 55 kg |
| Bison sp. | 158 | |