Cole Gravel Pit
Basic information
Sample name: Cole Gravel Pit

Sample aka: Cole Quarry; Farrell Farm; Hne 17-1

Reference: T. C. Madrigal. 2006. Late Archaic animal bones from the Cole Gravel Pit site, Livingston County, New York. Bulletin and Journal of the Archaeology of New York State 122:27-44 [ER 3195]
Geography
Country: United States

State: New York

County: Livingston

Coordinate: 42.977° N, -77.739° W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00398

Min Ma: 0.00389

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "in Caledonia Township... 42.977N, 77.739W" (Madrigal 2008, Northeastern Naturalist)
there are uncorrected radiocarbon dates of 3890 +/- 120 and 3980 +/- 16 B.P.

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement

Archaeology: bone tools, burials, hearths, stone tools

Habitat comments: there are numerous stone and bone artifacts in addition to 16 burials and 296 "pits or surface stains" used for food processing
a single human burial is mentioned

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, birds, snakes, turtles, frogs, fishes

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 2042 specimens

Years: 1966 - 1970

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "In most cases, soil was screened through 1/4 in (6.4 mm) mesh"
1212 out of 1221 dog specimens pertain to just three burials, so the entered specimen count is 12

Metadata
Sample no: 3504

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-08 20:56:54

Modified: 2023-02-25 11:04:12

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
54 species
10 singletons
total count 2042
geometric series index: 84.2
Fisher's α: 10.176
geometric series k: 0.8839
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.826
Shannon's H: 2.3809
Good's u: 0.9951
Register
Cyprinidae indet.2
Catostomidae indet.5
Ameiurus nebulosus 4
Ictalurus punctatus 2
Morone sp. 5
Lepomis sp. 2
Percidae indet.1
Anaxyrus sp. 12
"Bufo sp."
Lithobates sp. 19
"Rana sp."
Sternotherus odoratus 2
Chelydra serpentina 10
Chrysemys picta 5
Clemmys guttata 8
Glyptemys muhlenbergii 8
Terrapene carolina 104
Apalone spinifera 3
"Trionyx spiniferus"
Colubridae indet.164
Ardea herodias 254.9 g
Aix sponsa 2681.0 g
Anas sp. 14
platyrhynchos or rubripes
Branta canadensis 34.1 g
Chen caerulescens 353.4 g
Lophodytes cucullatus 1554.0 g
Buteo jamaicensis 130.4 g
Haliaeetus cf. leucocephalus 14.1 kg
Bonasa umbellus 25566.0 g
Meleagris gallopavo 1367.8 kg
Scolopax minor 1176.0 g
Ectopistes migratorius 414
Strix varia 2632.0 g
Colaptes auratus 211.3 g
Dryocopus pileatus 117.5 g
Turdus migratorius 178.5 g
Canidae indet.3
Vulpes or Urocyon
Canis lupus familiaris (dog)1243.0 kg
"Canis familiaris"
Ursus americanus (American black bear)42115.0 kg
Procyon lotor (raccoon)465.5 kg
Lontra canadensis (North American river otter)2
"Lutra canadensis"
Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk)4
Lynx rufus (bobcat)1
Cervus canadensis (elk)13
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)691
Glaucomys sabrinus (northern flying squirrel)393.4 g
Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel)7967.4 g
Marmota monax 404.5 kg
Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)5519.0 g
Sciurus niger (fox squirrel)2750.0 g
Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)70113.0 g
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (American red squirrel)27187.0 g
Castor canadensis 2011.0 kg
Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)121.0 g
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus 335.7 g
Ondatra zibethicus (common muskrat)12
Erethizon dorsatum 1