Burris
Basic information
Sample name: Burris
Sample aka: 41VT66
Reference: B. S. Shaffer. 1989. Late prehistoric faunal subsistence on the south Texas plains: analysis of the vertebrate remains from 41VT66, Victoria County. Plains Anthropologist 34:171-178 [ER 3145]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Texas
County: Victoria
Coordinate: 29° 44' N, 97° 10' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.00045
Age basis: radiocarbon
Geography comments: "on a bluff overlooking Coleto Creek, a tributary of the Guadalupe River" (coordinate based on Coleto Creek Reservoir)
"Radiocarbon dates from Feature 3 place the component in the fifteenth century A.D." (i.e., approximately 450 B.P.)
"Radiocarbon dates from Feature 3 place the component in the fifteenth century A.D." (i.e., approximately 450 B.P.)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden
Archaeology: ceramics, stone tools, other artifacts
Habitat comments: most material is from "a Late Prehistoric animal processing site or midden area" with numerous tools such as "Perdiz arrow points, utilized flakes, uniface tools, cores, shell, lithic debitage, bone tempered pottery"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 146 specimens
Years: 1987
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "units were excavated in 10 cm levels. The recovered material was dry screened through 1/4 inch hardware cloth"
Metadata
Sample no: 3439
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 18:13:02
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:48:38
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
13 species
4 singletons
total count 146
geometric series index: 24.6
Fisher's α: 3.449
geometric series k: 0.7035
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.716
Shannon's H: 1.6618
Good's u: 0.9729
Register
| Osteichthyes indet. | 2 | |
| Terrapene sp. | 27 | |
| Chrysemys sp. | 4 | |
| Gopherus sp. | 1 | |
| Serpentes indet. | 23 | |
| Ciconiiformes indet. | 2 | |
| Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) | 7 | 1.0 kg |
| Scalopus aquaticus | 1 | 94.9 g |
| Sigmodon hispidus | 1 | 89.4 g |
| Geomys sp. | 7 | |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 1 | |
| Carnivora indet. | 2 | |
| Bison bison (American bison) | 68 | 430.0 kg |