Hobson Site
Basic information
Sample name: Hobson Site
Sample aka: 33Ms-2
Reference: J. L. Murphy. 1968. The Hobson Site: a Fort Ancient component near Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio. Kirtlandia 4:1-14 [ER 3178]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Ohio
County: Meigs
Coordinate: 39° 59' N, 82° 5' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00085
Min Ma: 0.00075
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "on the northern bank of Storys Run at the confluence of that stream with the Ohio River, 1 1/2 miles downstream from Middleport... at an elevation of approximately 570 feet above sea level" (coordinate based on Hobson Site)
"the site represents the early Feurt Phase, and the age of the site is estimated as approximately 1100-1200 A.D."
"the site represents the early Feurt Phase, and the age of the site is estimated as approximately 1100-1200 A.D."
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: midden, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, burials, ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: "Midden material averaged less than a foot in thickness"
a "complete burial", stone artifacts, worked bone, and pottery were found
structures are not discussed
a "complete burial", stone artifacts, worked bone, and pottery were found
structures are not discussed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes, clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 885 specimens
Years: 1966
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "excavation technique, if it can be called that, consisted largely of surface collecting behind the earth-moving equipment as the machinery passed back and forth over the site"
Metadata
Sample no: 3486
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-06 16:04:48
Modified: 2023-02-25 11:23:25
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
33 species
5 singletons
total count 885
geometric series index: 49.0
Fisher's α: 6.759
geometric series k: 0.8274
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7357
Shannon's H: 2.0483
Good's u: 0.9944
Register
| Catostomidae indet. | 2 | |
| Aplodinotus grunniens | 1 | |
| Ictalurus sp. | 3 | |
| Terrapene carolina | 27 | |
| Chelydra serpentina | 6 | |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 95 | 7.8 kg |
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 429 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 18 | 5.5 kg |
| Sciurus sp. | 9 | |
| Cervus canadensis (elk) | 9 | |
| Castor canadensis | 4 | 11.0 kg |
| Tamias striatus | 3 | 113.0 g |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 2 | 1.1 kg |
| Ursus americanus (American black bear) | 2 | 115.0 kg |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 1 | 43.0 kg |
| Amblema plicata | 10 | |
| Quadrula cylindrica | 18 | |
| Quadrula metanerva wardi | 9 | |
| Quadrula pustulosa | 2 | |
| Pleurobema cordatum | 69 | |
| Pleurobema pyramidatum | 3 | |
| Pleurobema clava | 7 | |
| Elliptio dilatatus | 3 | |
| Elliptio crassidens | 67 | |
| Obovaria subrotunda | 2 | |
| Proptera alata | 1 | |
| Ligumia recta latissima | 3 | |
| Lampsilis ovata | 5 | |
| Lampsilis siliquoidea | 1 | |
| Anguispira alternata | 45 | |
| Anguispira kochi | 21 | |
| Mesodon clausus | 7 | |
| Triodopsis tridentata | 1 | |