Grassy Bay
Basic information
Sample name: Grassy Bay
Reference: F. L. Stewart and K. M. Stewart. 1996. The Boardwalk and Grassy Bay sites: patterns of seasonality and subsistence on the northern Northwest Coast, B.C.. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 20:39-60 [ER 3159]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: British Columbia
Coordinate: 54° 17' N, 130° 18' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.001615
Min Ma: 0.00062
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on the northeast shore of Kaien Island, on Grassy Bay, facing Fern Passage" (coordinate based on Kaien Island)
four radiocarbon dates range from 1615 +/- 60 to 620 +/- 55 BP (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
four radiocarbon dates range from 1615 +/- 60 to 620 +/- 55 BP (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Habitat comments: lithology is described as "heavy wet soil"
a "seasonal camp"
the site is not described as a midden per se
lithics, ceramics, and other artifacts are not discussed, and structures appear not to be present
a "seasonal camp"
the site is not described as a midden per se
lithics, ceramics, and other artifacts are not discussed, and structures appear not to be present
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, marine mammals, birds
Excluded forms: fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 874 specimens
Sampled by: G. F. MacDonald
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: it was no possible to screenwash, so small material was "trowelled through"
fish material was not identified
fish material was not identified
Metadata
Sample no: 3458
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 15:48:21
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:50:17
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
6 singletons
total count 874
geometric series index: 36.9
Fisher's α: 4.329
geometric series k: 0.7812
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8124
Shannon's H: 1.9564
Good's u: 0.9931
Register
| Gavia spp. | 10 | |
| Podiceps grisegena | 1 | 1.0 kg |
| Branta canadensis | 3 | 4.1 g |
| Melanitta fusca | 3 | 43.8 g |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 3 | 4.1 kg |
| Accipiter gentilis | 1 | 7.9 g |
| Cerorhinca monocerata | 229 | 510.0 g |
| Marmota caligata | 3 | |
| Castor canadensis | 8 | 11.0 kg |
| Erethizon dorsatum | 22 | |
| Canis spp. | 51 | |
| Ursus americanus (American black bear) | 18 | 115.0 kg |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 1 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 1 | 5.5 kg |
| Neogale vison (American mink) | 1 | |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Lontra canadensis (North American river otter) | 3 | |
| Enhydra lutris | 111 | |
| Eumetopias jubata | 3 | |
| Callorhinus ursinus | 5 | |
| Phoca vitulina | 186 | |
| Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) | 200 | 65.0 kg |
| Alces alces (moose) | 1 | 421.0 kg |
| Oreamnos americanus (mountain goat) | 10 | 78.0 kg |