Irving-Johnston
Basic information
Sample name: Irving-Johnston

Sample aka: AjGx-27

Reference: F. L. Stewart and W. D. Finlayson. 2000. Subsistence at the Irving-Johnston village and the question of deer tending by the neutrals. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 24(1):17-40 [ER 3161]
Geography
Country: Canada

State: Ontario

Coordinate: 43° 28' N, 80° 57' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.000387

Min Ma: 0.000367

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "just south of Campbellville... 9.3 km north of Crawford Lake" (coordinate based on Crawford Lake Conservation Area)
"Using pottery rim sherd seriations and correlations to the varved sediments of Crawford Lake, which contain corn and other pollens, this site has been dated to ca. A.D. 1563 to 1583"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement

Archaeology: ceramics

Habitat comments: material was identified from six middens
there is no discussion of lithics or of structures such as hearths or pit moulds

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 1444 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "the dirt was screened through a 0.6 mm mesh"

Metadata
Sample no: 3461

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-03 14:43:35

Modified: 2023-02-25 11:21:48

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
48 species
16 singletons
total count 1444
geometric series index: 93.0
Fisher's α: 9.552
geometric series k: 0.8655
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6072
Shannon's H: 1.7282
Good's u: 0.9889
Register
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)887
Castor canadensis 11011.0 kg
Ursus americanus (American black bear)77115.0 kg
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)14.1 kg
Cervus canadensis (elk)64
"Cervus elaphus"
Sciurus carolinensis 25519.0 g
Procyon lotor (raccoon)145.5 kg
Tamias striatus 13113.0 g
Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf)6943.0 kg
"Canis familiaris"
Marmota monax 74.5 kg
Alces alces (moose)4421.0 kg
Bos taurus (cow)3
Ondatra zibethicus 3
Vulpes vulpes (red fox)3
Martes americana (American marten)2946.0 g
Microtus sp. 2
Sylvilagus floridanus 11.1 kg
Peromyscus maniculatus 119.1 g
Pekania pennanti (fisher)1
"Martes pennanti"
Homo sapiens (human)164.0 kg
Neogale vison (American mink)1
"Mustela vison"
Erethizon dorsatum 1
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 1187.0 g
Lepus americanus 11.4 kg
Coregonus sp. 15
Catostomidae indet.14
Ictalurus nebulosus 4
Esox lucius 4
Salvelinus namaycush 3
Anguilla rostrata 2
Micropterus sp. 2
Stizostedion sp. 2
Amia calva 1
Perciformes indet.1
Salmo sp. 1
Ectopistes migratorius 53
Meleagris gallopavo 147.8 kg
one specimen tentatively referred
Buteo sp. 3
Corvus brachyrhynchos 2
Colaptes auratus 211.3 g
Melanitta nigra 11.1 kg
Anatidae indet.1
Bonasa umbellus 1566.0 g
Corvus corax 1
Terrapene carolina 9
Glyptemys insculpta 7
"Clemmys insculpta": one specimen tentatively referred
Chelydra serpentina 5
Chrysemys picta 4