Dead Indian Creek
Basic information
Sample name: Dead Indian Creek
Reference: K. W. Scott and M. Wilson. 1984. Dead Indian Creek Local Fauna. Wyoming Archaeologist 27(1-2):51-62 [ER 3183]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wyoming
Coordinate: 44° 44' N, 109° 33' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00443
Min Ma: 0.0038
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in the southeastern portion of the Sunlight Basin" (Wilson 1984) (coordinate based on Sunlight Basin)
"Middle Plains Archaic"
there are radiocarbon dates of 4430 +/- 250, 4180 +/- 250, and 3800 +/- 110 B.P. (Frison and Walker 1984) (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
"Middle Plains Archaic"
there are radiocarbon dates of 4430 +/- 250, 4180 +/- 250, and 3800 +/- 110 B.P. (Frison and Walker 1984) (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools,hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: there are "fire pits" in addition to projectile points, lithic materials, stone tools, grinding stones, bone tools, etc. (see Simpson et al. 1984)
"a generally massive, dark gray, poorly sorted, silty sand" (Albanese 1984)
"a generally massive, dark gray, poorly sorted, silty sand" (Albanese 1984)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,clams,snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1425 specimens
Years: 1969, 1971, 1972
Sampling comments: Odocoileus and Ovis counts are given by Fisher (1984)
screenwashing is not mentioned
screenwashing is not mentioned
Metadata
Sample number: 3491
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-07 12:08:09
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:52:39
Abundance distribution
23 species
3 singletons
total count 1425
geometric series index: 32.9
Fisher's α: 3.895
geometric series k: 0.7374
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6206
Shannon's H: 1.4774
Good's u: 0.9979
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Register
| Unionidae indet. | 5 | |
| Oreohelix strigosa | 82 | |
| Oreohelix cf. amariradix | 2 | |
| Dendragapus obscurus | 1 | 1.2 kg |
| Pica hudsonia | 2 | omnivore |
| "Pica pica" (restricted to Eurasia) | ||
| Passeriformes indet. | 2 | |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 7 | |
| Lepus cf. americanus | 1 | 1.4 kg browser |
| Marmota flaviventris | 7 | |
| Urocitellus armatus | 36 | 312 g |
| "Spermophilus armatus" | ||
| Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | 2 | 187 g |
| Thomomys talpoides | 26 | |
| Neotoma cinerea | 2 | 240 g |
| Microtus sp. | 3 | |
| compared to montanus and longicaudus | ||
| Ondatra zibethicus | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Erethizon dorsatum | 16 | 9.9 kg herbivore |
| Canis sp. | 14 | |
| Ursus americanus | 4 | 115 kg browser-insectivore |
| Cervus canadensis | 17 | 329 kg browser-grazer |
| "Cervus elaphus" | ||
| Odocoileus hemionus | 813 | 65 kg browser |
| Antilocapra americana | 29 | 51 kg |
| Bison bison | 42 | 430 kg |
| Ovis canadensis | 311 | 55 kg |