Mykut Rockshelter
Basic information
Sample name: Mykut Rockshelter
Sample aka: 36Hu143
Reference: P. A. Raber. 2008. The Mykut Rockshelter, 36Hu143: an upland hunting/butchering station in central Pennsylvania. Archaeology of Eastern North America 36:25-62 [ER 3173]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
County: Huntingdon
Coordinate: 40° 26' N, 78° 0' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00228
Min Ma: 0.00015
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: "in Little Valley" and "overlooks Tatman Run" (very close to Raystown Lake, basis of coordinate)
ten uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from Stratum III/IV range from 2280 +/- 50 to zero BP, but the youngest non-trivial date is 150 +/- 60 BP
ten uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from Stratum III/IV range from 2280 +/- 50 to zero BP, but the youngest non-trivial date is 150 +/- 60 BP
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: "a deer hunting and butchering station" with sediments comprised of sandstone
"The great majority (87%) of the artifacts lay within the Ab" and "Bt" horizons in Stratum III and Stratum IV, and 85% of "the faunal remains" were from the same levels, which are Late Woodland
artifacts included debitage, flaked stone tools, cobble/pebble tools, and sherds of pottery
"The great majority (87%) of the artifacts lay within the Ab" and "Bt" horizons in Stratum III and Stratum IV, and 85% of "the faunal remains" were from the same levels, which are Late Woodland
artifacts included debitage, flaked stone tools, cobble/pebble tools, and sherds of pottery
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 312 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: deposits were "screened through 0.3 cm mesh"
Metadata
Sample no: 3479
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-05 15:15:23
Modified: 2023-02-24 12:05:52
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
26 species
10 singletons
total count 312
geometric series index: 55.4
Fisher's α: 6.743
geometric series k: 0.8226
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7625
Shannon's H: 2.0005
Good's u: 0.968
Register
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 132 | |
| Canis latrans (coyote) | 2 | 12.0 kg |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 1 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis domesticus" | ||
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 1 | 4.1 kg |
| Marmota monax | 14 | 4.5 kg |
| Didelphis virginiana | 27 | 1.0 kg |
| Erethizon dorsatum | 1 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 21 | 5.5 kg |
| Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk) | 1 | |
| Mustelinae indet. | 2 | |
| "Mustela sp." | ||
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 63 | 1.1 kg |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 10 | 519.0 g |
| Microtus sp. | 10 | |
| Peromyscus sp. | 1 | |
| Neotoma sp. | 4 | |
| Soricidae indet. | 3 | |
| Tamias striatus | 1 | 113.0 g |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 1 | 7.8 kg |
| Lagopus sp. | 1 | |
| Bonasa umbellus | 1 | 566.0 g |
| Piciformes indet. | 1 | |
| Thamnophis sp. | 2 | |
| "garter snake" | ||
| Chrysemys sp. | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. small | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. medium | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. large | 3 | |