Eleventh Hour Site (Room 7, Layer 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Eleventh Hour Site (Room 7, Layer 3)
Sample aka: 29SJ 633
Reference: W. B. Gillespie. 1991. Faunal remains from 29SJ 633. In Excavations at 29SJ 633: The Eleventh Hour Site, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (eds. F. J. Mathien), pp. 243-315 [ER 3222]
Geography
Country: United States
State: New Mexico
Coordinate: 36° 3' N, 107° 58' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3222
Unit number: 3
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.0009
Min Ma: 0.0007
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "in Marcia's Rincon on the south side of Chaco Canyon in an area across the Chaco Wash from the park's Visitor's Center" (coordinate based on Chaco Wash)
dated at "late 1000s-mid 1100s and late 1100s-early 1200s" primarily on ceramic data, with no radiocarbon dating
dated at "late 1000s-mid 1100s and late 1100s-early 1200s" primarily on ceramic data, with no radiocarbon dating
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,stone tools
Habitat comments: "a 12-15-room Pueblo III house"
"a moist, brown, sandy soil with considerable amounts of charcoal, adobe, and dense concentrations of artifacts" including sherds, chipped stone, and bones
there are bone tools and burials elsewhere on the site
"a moist, brown, sandy soil with considerable amounts of charcoal, adobe, and dense concentrations of artifacts" including sherds, chipped stone, and bones
there are bone tools and burials elsewhere on the site
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 182 specimens
Sampling comments: "all soils removed were put through a 1/4-in.-mesh screen"
Metadata
Sample number: 3545
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-17 14:07:13
Modified: 2023-04-29 02:12:59
Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 182
extrapolated richness: 12.8
Fisher's α: 1.988
geometric series k: 0.5829
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6955
Shannon's H: 1.4525
Good's u: 0.9946
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| Sylvilagus cf. audubonii | 62 | 869 g |
| Lepus californicus | 14 | 2.1 kg |
| Cynomys gunnisoni | 18 | |
| Perognathinae indet. | 2 | |
| "Perognathus sp." | ||
| Dipodomys ordii | 3 | 48.9 g |
| Peromyscus sp. | 5 | |
| Lynx rufus | 1 | 9.0 kg carnivore |
| "Felis (Lynx) rufus" | ||
| Antilocapra americana | 2 | 51 kg |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 75 | 7.8 kg omnivore |