Deadman Slough (Excavation Unit)
Basic information
Sample name: Deadman Slough (Excavation Unit)
Sample aka: 47PR46
Reference: S. R. Kuehn. 1998. New evidence for Late Paleoindian-Early Archaic subsistence behavior in the Western Great Lakes. American Antiquity 63(3):457-476 [ER 3167]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wisconsin
Coordinate: 45° 52' N, 90° 42' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.01
Min Ma: 0.008
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "a multicomponent site overlooking the confluence of the Flambeau River and Deadman Slough" (about 3 km southeast of Oxbo, basis of coordinate)
from "10,000 B.P. to 8000 B.P., based on similarities in artifact styles with dated sites outside this region"
from "10,000 B.P. to 8000 B.P., based on similarities in artifact styles with dated sites outside this region"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "A large variety of artifacts were recovered, and two pit features and eight bone concentration lenses were identified"
all artifacts are stone and there are no bone tools, ceramics, or structures
all artifacts are stone and there are no bone tools, ceramics, or structures
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,birds,turtles,fishes,clams
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 264 specimens
Years: 1991
Sampling comments: material "was recovered through 1/4-inch dry screening of sediments" and "flotation of soil samples"
Metadata
Sample number: 3468
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 10:06:11
Modified: 2019-09-09 02:55:29
Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 264
geometric series index: 9.2
Fisher's α: 1.093
geometric series k: 0.3410
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3090
Shannon's H: 0.6590
Good's u: 0.9963
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Odocoileus virginianus | 21 | 75 kg herbivore |
| Erethizon dorsatum | 1 | 9.9 kg herbivore |
| Testudines indet. | 217 | |
| Aves indet. | 21 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. | 2 | |
| Unionida indet. | 2 | |
| "mussel" | ||