Site 48SW270
Basic information
Sample name: Site 48SW270
Reference: C. S. Smith and L. M. McNees. 2000. Pronghorn and bison procurement during the Uinta Phase in southwest Wyoming: a case study from site 48SW270. Plains Anthropologist 45:71-87 [ER 3140]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wyoming
Coordinate: 41° 40' N, 108° 47' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00146
Min Ma: 0.00121
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "west of Bitter Creek... Black Buttes, the dominant feature in the area, is west of the site" (shown on a map somewhere south of Point of Rocks, basis of coordinate)
radiocarbon ages are 1210 +/- 90, 1400 +/- 80, and 1460 +/- 09 RCBYP
"cultural remains occurred in aeolian depoits at about 25-30 cm below surface
radiocarbon ages are 1210 +/- 90, 1400 +/- 80, and 1460 +/- 09 RCBYP
"cultural remains occurred in aeolian depoits at about 25-30 cm below surface
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit,human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: stone tools,other structures
Habitat comments: "deep dunal deposits on a residual sandstone surface" and specifically "aeolian deposits"
numerous stone tools are present
features include a "stone circle, eight additional features, 3236 pieces of heat-altered rock, 60 flaked stone tools, one core, 6483 pieces of debitage, two bone tools, 12 pieces of bone tube manufacture debris, and 9098 bone specimens" but ceramics are not mentioned
numerous stone tools are present
features include a "stone circle, eight additional features, 3236 pieces of heat-altered rock, 60 flaked stone tools, one core, 6483 pieces of debitage, two bone tools, 12 pieces of bone tube manufacture debris, and 9098 bone specimens" but ceramics are not mentioned
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 191 specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 3431
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 14:58:35
Modified: 2023-02-25 10:51:07
Abundance distribution
8 species
2 singletons
total count 191
geometric series index: 13.6
Fisher's α: 1.689
geometric series k: 0.5096
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5522
Shannon's H: 1.0539
Good's u: 0.9896
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Register
| Bison bison | 112 | 430 kg |
| "bison" | ||
| Antilocapra americana | 9 | 51 kg |
| "pronghorn" | ||
| Lepus sp. | 3 | |
| "jackrabbit or jackrabbit-size" | ||
| Sylvilagus sp. | 60 | |
| "cottontail" | ||
| Marmotini indet. | 3 | |
| "ground squirrel or ground squirrel-size" | ||
| Arvicolinae indet. | 1 | |
| "vole" | ||
| Aves indet. large | 2 | |
| "large bird" | ||
| Aves indet. small | 1 | |
| "small bird" | ||