Baker Village
Basic information
Sample name: Baker Village
Sample aka: 26Wp63
Reference: B. S. Hockett. 1998. Sociopolitical meaning of faunal remains from Baker Village. American Antiquity 63(2):289-302 [ER 3197]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Nevada
Coordinate: 39° 1' N, 114° 7' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00097
Min Ma: 0.00048
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: shown on a map by Wilde (1992) as about 3 km north of Baker (basis of coordinate)
there are 10 uncalibrated dates on corn and charcoal ranging from 970 +/- 70 to 480 +/- 60 B.P. (Wilde 1992)
there are 10 uncalibrated dates on corn and charcoal ranging from 970 +/- 70 to 480 +/- 60 B.P. (Wilde 1992)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: "at least one large, centrally located structure (called Central Structure throughout this paper), seven pit-houses, seven aboveground storage structures, and over a dozen pits located outside structure walls... The Central Structure contained a central hearth, as did each of the seven pithouses"
most material is from a midden in the Central Structure
there are "faunal remains, lithic artifacts, grinding stones, ornaments, and figurines" in House 11
burials and ceramics are not mentioned
most material is from a midden in the Central Structure
there are "faunal remains, lithic artifacts, grinding stones, ornaments, and figurines" in House 11
burials and ceramics are not mentioned
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,frogs,fishes
Sample size: 3640 specimens
Years: 1991 - 1994
Metadata
Sample number: 3506
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-09 18:40:45
Modified: 2019-09-09 08:40:45
Abundance distribution
13 species
3 singletons
total count 3640
geometric series index: 17.9
Fisher's α: 1.694
geometric series k: 0.5157
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3878
Shannon's H: 0.9300
Good's u: 0.9992
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| Cervus cf. canadensis | 1 | 329 kg browser-grazer |
| Lepus cf. californicus | 2825 | 2.1 kg |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 141 | |
| Lynx rufus | 5 | 9.0 kg carnivore |
| Taxidea taxus | 1 | 7.0 kg carnivore |
| Mustela erminea | 1 | 121 g |
| "Mustela cicognanii" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris | 25 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" tentatively referred | ||
| Aves indet. | 86 | |
| Anura indet. | 9 | |
| Salmonididae indet. | 6 | |
| tentatively referred | ||