McKinley Site (Zone A)
Basic information
Sample name: McKinley Site (Zone A)
Reference: R. M. Little. 1971. The McKinley Site. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 81:65-70 [ER 3147]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Indiana
County: Hamilton
Coordinate: 40° 3' N, 86° 1' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3147
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.005
Min Ma: 0.003
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "just south of Noblesville" (basis of coordinate)
there were "three periods of occupation from Late Archaic to Early Woodland and finally during the contact period of 200 years ago"; these respectively correspond to zones A, B, and C, so A is about 3 to 1 BCE and B is about 1000 to 200 BCE
there were "three periods of occupation from Late Archaic to Early Woodland and finally during the contact period of 200 years ago"; these respectively correspond to zones A, B, and C, so A is about 3 to 1 BCE and B is about 1000 to 200 BCE
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, burials, stone tools
Habitat comments: "soil" with "many shell fragments" in addition to artifacts
"bones and bone fragments" were "used for food"
there are numerous burials in zones A and B, there are "pits and post holes", and stone and bone tools are inventoried, but ceramics are not discussed
"bones and bone fragments" were "used for food"
there are numerous burials in zones A and B, there are "pits and post holes", and stone and bone tools are inventoried, but ceramics are not discussed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1154 specimens
Years: 1953
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: apparently not screenwashed
Metadata
Sample no: 3441
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 20:29:01
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:29:33
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
0 singleton
total count 1154
geometric series index: 11.1
Fisher's α: 1.505
geometric series k: 0.5718
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5174
Shannon's H: 1.1095
Good's u: 1
Register
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 765 | |
| Testudines indet. | 226 | |
| Marmota monax | 43 | 4.5 kg |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 11 | 5.5 kg |
| Castor canadensis | 8 | 11.0 kg |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 5 | 1.1 kg |
| Ondatra zibethicus | 47 | |
| Aves indet. large | 38 | |
| Aves indet. small | 8 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 3 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||