Black Cat Cave (Test Unit 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Black Cat Cave (Test Unit 1)
Reference: T. M. Peres, A. Deter-Wolf, J. Keasler, and S. C. Hodge. 2016. Faunal remains from an archaic period cave in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Archaeological Science 8:187-199 [ER 3174]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Coordinate: 35° 51' N, 86° 24' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00646
Min Ma: 0.00636
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "less than 50 yards off of busy US Highway 231 in Murfreesboro" (coordinate basd on Murfreesboro)
there are conventional radiocarbon dates of 6360 +/- 30 B.P. and 6460 +/- 30 B.P. on Test Unit 1 "charred material"
there are conventional radiocarbon dates of 6360 +/- 30 B.P. and 6460 +/- 30 B.P. on Test Unit 1 "charred material"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave
Archaeology: bone tools,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Modifications to the vertebrate remains included burning, cut marks, and working of bones into tools... several artifacts were encountered in association with this dog - a human molar, an Archaic projectile point/biface, a deer ulna modified into an awl, and a polished/sharpened large mammal long bone diaphysis splinter"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,turtles,clams,snails
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 112 specimens
Years: 2014 - 2015
Sampling comments: "A domestic dog burial was encountered" and the NISP of 48 applies to one individual
screen was with "6.5 mm or 1/4 in. mesh"
screen was with "6.5 mm or 1/4 in. mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 3481
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-05 20:50:20
Modified: 2019-09-09 02:46:24
Abundance distribution
15 species
5 singletons
total count 112
geometric series index: 29.6
Fisher's α: 4.657
geometric series k: 0.7521
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7307
Shannon's H: 1.8676
Good's u: 0.9558
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| Homo sapiens | 1 | 64 kg |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 1 | 1.1 kg herbivore |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 2 | 519 g frugivore |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 1 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Vulpes cf. vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Procyon lotor | 4 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
| Odocoileus virginianus | 7 | 75 kg herbivore |
| Grus cf. canadensis | 2 | 8.3 g |
| Kinosternidae indet. | 1 | |
| Amblema plicata | 7 | |
| Elliptio sp. | 12 | |
| Pleurobema spp. | 11 | |
| Lithasia verrucosa | 2 | |
| Pleurocera troostiana | 54 | |
| Viviparidae indet. | 6 | |