Rattlesnake Point Pueblo (Unit 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Rattlesnake Point Pueblo (Unit 2)
Sample aka: AZ Q:11:118
Reference: T. C. Clark. 1998. Assessing room function using unmodified faunal bone: a case study from east-central Arizona. Kiva 64(1):27-51 [ER 3169]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Arizona
Coordinate: 34° 22' N, 109° 22' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.000625
Min Ma: 0.00058
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "an 80-room, single-story pueblo that was constructed and occupied in the early Pueblo IV period (ca. A.D. 1325-1370). The site is located along the upper Little Colorado River in Lyman Lake State Park" (coordinate based on Lyman Reservoir)
dating is based on tree-ring analysis
dating is based on tree-ring analysis
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: there are numerous ceramic vessels and bone and lithic tools
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 788 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: screenwashing is not mentioned
Metadata
Sample no: 3473
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 20:34:19
Modified: 2023-02-25 10:58:58
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
20 species
4 singletons
total count 788
geometric series index: 30.6
Fisher's α: 3.734
geometric series k: 0.7322
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6744
Shannon's H: 1.5568
Good's u: 0.9949
Register
| Odocoileus sp. | 21 | |
| Antilocapra americana (pronghorn) | 37 | 51.0 kg |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 243 | |
| Lepus sp. | 373 | |
| Marmotini indet. | 1 | |
| "Spermophilus sp." | ||
| Thomomys sp. | 3 | |
| Castor canadensis | 2 | 11.0 kg |
| Peromyscus sp. | 20 | |
| Neotoma sp. | 19 | |
| Cynomys sp. | 4 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 4 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Catostomus sp. | 10 | |
| Phasianidae indet. | 3 | |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 30 | 7.8 kg |
| Carnivora indet. | 2 | |
| small | ||
| Testudines indet. | 1 | |
| "Testudinata indet." | ||
| Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 35.3 g |
| Buteo sp. | 3 | |
| Cyanocitta stelleri | 1 | |
| Passeriformes indet. | 10 | |