Hale Farm
Basic information
Sample name: Hale Farm

Sample aka: 33Su17

Reference: D. S. Brose. 1985. The prehistoric occupation of the Hale Farm Bath Township Summit County Ohio. Kirtlandia 41:35-61 [ER 3180]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Ohio

County: Summit

Coordinate: 41° 12' N, 82° 34' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00105

Min Ma: 0.00075

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "on Oak Hill Road, lot 11, township 3, range 12, in Bath Township" along Hale Run (coordinate based on Hale Run)
"a single prehistoric cultural assemblage, assignable to between A.D. 900 and A.D. 1200"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: buildings, ceramics, stone tools

Habitat comments: bones were "broken, butchered, or burned"
artifacts include stone tools, stone and clay beads, and pottery
postholes are present

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds, turtles, fishes

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 160 specimens

Years: 1971, 1980

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: soils "were screened through 1/4 in or 3/32 in hardware cloth"
the bear, deer, and elk are respectively said to represent one, three, and two individuals

Metadata
Sample no: 3488

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-06 19:34:06

Modified: 2023-02-25 00:50:52

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 160
geometric series index: 10.6
Fisher's α: 2.062
geometric series k: 0.724
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7913
Shannon's H: 1.7972
Good's u: 1
Register
Ursus americanus (American black bear)4115.0 kg
"American black bear"
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)53
"whitetail deer"
Cervus canadensis (elk)21
"American elk"
Procyon lotor (raccoon)135.5 kg
"raccoon"
Castor canadensis 211.0 kg
"beaver"
Ectopistes migratorius 5
"passenger pigeon"
Meleagris gallopavo 67.8 kg
"turkey"
Testudines indet.17
"turtle"
Catostomidae indet.39
"suckers"