Cactus Flower
Basic information
Sample name: Cactus Flower
Sample aka: EbOp-16
Reference: J. H. Brumley. 1978. McKean complex subsistence and hunting strategies in the southern Alberta plains. Plains Anthropologist 23:175-193 [ER 3189]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Alberta
Coordinate: 51° 45' N, 111° 11' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00413
Min Ma: 0.003615
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in the Suffield Military Reserve... on the left bank of the South Saskatchewan River" in an area "known as the Bullpen" (coordinate based on Jenner, which is due north of Suffield and south of the river)
almost all of the assemblage is from "Occupations III through IX", and there are seven dates on this interval that range from 1665 +/- 95 B.C. to 2180 +/- 85 B.C. plus one date of 180 +/- 130 B.C. that may be a typo (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
almost all of the assemblage is from "Occupations III through IX", and there are seven dates on this interval that range from 1665 +/- 95 B.C. to 2180 +/- 85 B.C. plus one date of 180 +/- 130 B.C. that may be a typo (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: overbank deposit, human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools, hearths, stone tools
Habitat comments: "cultural debris" is "situated atop the flood-deposited silt units" in the section, and ten surfaces represent "campsite situations" attested by "hearths, butchered bone, fire-cracked rock, ash, charcoal, lithic debris, and lost or discarded tools" including "stone, bone, antler, and shell artifact types"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, fishes, clams
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 993 specimens
Years: 1972 - 1974
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "All cultural deposits were passed through one-quarter-inch mesh screens"
Metadata
Sample no: 3497
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-07 22:23:02
Modified: 2024-11-15 11:22:41
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
12 species
6 singletons
total count 993
geometric series index: 30.7
Fisher's α: 1.92
geometric series k: 0.5389
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1775
Shannon's H: 0.4347
Good's u: 0.994
Register
| Bison bison (American bison) | 898 | 430.0 kg |
| Antilocapra americana (pronghorn) | 56 | 51.0 kg |
| Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) | 2 | 65.0 kg |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 25 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Vulpes velox (swift fox) | 1 | |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 2 | |
| Lepus sp. | 1 | |
| Passeriformes indet. | 1 | |
| "sparrow" | ||
| Aves indet. | 1 | |
| "small raptor" size of an owl or hawk | ||
| Quiscalus quiscula | 1 | 120.0 g |
| "probably" this species | ||
| Bivalvia indet. | 4 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. | 1 | |