Keffer (Midden 57, floated)
Basic information
Sample name: Keffer (Midden 57, floated)
Sample aka: AkGv-14
Reference: F. L. Stewart. 1991. Floating for fauna: some methodological considerations using the Keffer site (AkGv-14). Canadian Journal of Archaeology 15:97-115 [ER 3155]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Ontario
Coordinate: 44° 50' N, 80° 30' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.00045
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "just north of Toronto in the town of Vaughan" (coordinate based on Vaughan)
"occupied possibly in the very last of the 15th century and certainly in the first two or three decades of the 16th century" (dating method unclear)
"occupied possibly in the very last of the 15th century and certainly in the first two or three decades of the 16th century" (dating method unclear)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: buildings, ceramics, stone tools, other structures
Habitat comments: the site is "comprised of at least 26 middens and 19 houses surrounded by palisades which also enclosed some burials" with "ceramics and stone artifacts"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 693 specimens
Sampled by: W. D. Finlayson
Years: 1985
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 3452
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 14:12:23
Modified: 2023-02-25 11:09:24
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
34 species
10 singletons
total count 693
geometric series index: 59.8
Fisher's α: 7.492
geometric series k: 0.8382
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7347
Shannon's H: 2.087
Good's u: 0.9856
Register
| Amia calva | 4 | |
| "bowfin" | ||
| Salvelinus namaycush | 1 | |
| "lake trout" | ||
| Coregonus sp. | 339 | |
| "whitefish" | ||
| Catostomidae indet. | 20 | |
| "sucker" | ||
| Ameirus sp. | 13 | |
| "bullhead" | ||
| Ictaluridae indet. | 80 | |
| "catfish" | ||
| Anguilla rostrata | 33 | |
| "American eel" | ||
| Ambloplites rupestris | 1 | |
| "rock bass" | ||
| Lepomis gibbosus | 31 | |
| "pumpkinseed" | ||
| Perca flavescens | 41 | |
| "yelow perch" | ||
| Sander sp. | 14 | |
| "walleye" or "sauger" | ||
| Sciurus carolinensis | 6 | 519.0 g |
| "grey squirrel" | ||
| Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | 17 | 187.0 g |
| "red squirrel" | ||
| Marmota monax | 4 | 4.5 kg |
| "woodchuck" | ||
| Tamias striatus | 19 | 113.0 g |
| "eastern chipmunk" | ||
| Castor canadensis | 9 | 11.0 kg |
| "beaver" | ||
| Peromyscus sp. | 2 | |
| Microtus chrotorrhinus | 1 | 33.0 g |
| "rock vole" | ||
| Ondatra zibethicus | 20 | |
| "muskrat" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 3 | 43.0 kg |
| "domestic dog" | ||
| Ursus americanus (American black bear) | 4 | 115.0 kg |
| "black bear" | ||
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 1 | 5.5 kg |
| "raccoon" | ||
| Neogale vison (American mink) | 4 | |
| "mink" | ||
| Mephitidae indet. | 1 | |
| "skunk" | ||
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 2 | |
| "white-tailed deer" | ||
| Podiceps auritus | 1 | 453.0 g |
| "horned grebe" | ||
| Branta canadensis | 1 | 4.1 g |
| "Canada goose" | ||
| Spatula discors | 2 | 380.0 g |
| "blue-winged teal" | ||
| Aythya americana | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| "redhead duck" | ||
| Bonasa umbellus | 2 | 566.0 g |
| "ruffed grouse" | ||
| Antigone canadensis | 1 | |
| "sandhill crane" | ||
| Ectopistes migratorius | 2 | |
| "passenger pigeon" | ||
| Chelydra serpentina | 1 | |
| "snapping turtle" | ||
| Chrysemys picta | 12 | |
| "painted turtle" | ||