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, 79° 57' W
Coordinate 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

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

Metadata
Sample number: 3461

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

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

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

Abundance distribution
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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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