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

County: Nez Perce

Coordinate: 46° 22' N, 117° 3' W
Latlng 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

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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

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Metadata
Sample no: 3445

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-01 21:43:32

Modified: 2019-09-09 03:10:45

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
2 singletons
total count 155
geometric series index: 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
Register
Cervus canadensis (elk)32
"Cervus elaphus"
Ursus arctos horribilis (brown bear)56
"Ursus horribilis"
Cricetidae indet.63
Aves indet.2
Osteichthyes indet.1
Margaritifera cf. falcata 1