Wewukiyepuh
Basic information
Sample name: Wewukiyepuh
Sample aka: 10-NP-336
Reference: R. L. Sappington and S. Schuknecht-McDaniel. 2001. Wewukiyepuh (10-NP-336): contributions of an early Holocene Windust phase site to lower Snake River prehistory. North American Archaeologist 22(4):353-370 [ER 3149]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Idaho
Coordinate: 46° 22' N, 117° 3' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.01039
Min Ma: 0.01027
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "a nine-acre settling pond adjacent to Hells Gate State Park near Lewiston" (basis of coordinate)
there are conventional 14C dates of 10,270 +/- 50 and 10,390 +/- 40 BP
there are conventional 14C dates of 10,270 +/- 50 and 10,390 +/- 40 BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "A small lithic assemblage was recovered... the site was confined to a single stratigraphic layer no more than 30 cm in depth... The faunal remains associated with the site indicated that elk and grizzly bear were the dominant economic resources"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds,fishes,clams
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 155 specimens
Years: 1998
Metadata
Sample number: 3445
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 21:43:32
Modified: 2019-09-09 03:10:45
Abundance distribution
6 species
2 singletons
total count 155
extrapolated richness: 10.5
Fisher's α: 1.241
geometric series k: 0.4366
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6592
Shannon's H: 1.1807
Good's u: 0.9872
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Cervus canadensis | 32 | 329 kg browser-grazer |
| "Cervus elaphus" | ||
| Ursus arctos horribilis | 56 | 156 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| "Ursus horribilis" | ||
| Cricetidae indet. | 63 | |
| Aves indet. | 2 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. | 1 | |
| Margaritifera cf. falcata | 1 | |