Sample name: McIntosh

Sample aka: 25BW15

Reference: A. Koch. 1995. The McIntosh fauna: late prehistoric exploitation of lake and prairie habitats in the Nebraska Sand Hills. Plains Anthropologist 40:39-60 [ER 3144]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,paleosol,settlement

Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,ceramics,stone tools

Habitat comments: "The cultural deposit is contained within a 5-10 cm band of dark gray mottled paleosol mantled with sandy sod overburden of varying thickness. The excavated feature inventory includes a 3.0 x 5.5 m oval stained 'midden' area" with post molds, pits, and "bone or artifact concentrations" that include "ceramics, chipped stone tools and debris, ground stone, modified bone, pigment, and galena"

Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,lizards,snakes,turtles,frogs,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash,surface

Sample size: 2759 specimens

Years: 1987 - 1989

Sampling comments: "surface collections, controlled testing, excavation of pit features, and transit mapping" and "with the exception of test squares, which were 1/4 inch dry-screened, all excavated matrix was water-screened through 1/16 inch mesh"

Sample number: 3438

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-01 17:55:53

Modified: 2023-02-25 10:52:04