Dust Cave (Zones T and U)
Basic information
Sample name: Dust Cave (Zones T and U)
Reference: R. B. Walker, K. R. Detwiler, S. C. Meeks, and B. N. Driskell. 2001. Berries, bones, and blades: reconstructing Late Paleoindian subsistence economy at Dust Cave, Alabama. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 26(2):169-197 [ER 3137]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Alabama
County: Lauderdale
Coordinate: 35° 49' N, 88° 40' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.01059
Min Ma: 0.00989
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "near Florence" (basis of coordinate)
there are 17 radiocarbon dates on this layer ranging from 10590 +/- 60 ybp to 9890 +/- 70 ybp (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
there are 17 radiocarbon dates on this layer ranging from 10590 +/- 60 ybp to 9890 +/- 70 ybp (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "a basal sediment" (lithology not stated) with "carbonized plant remains" indicate "the result of human activity, namely burning events"
a chipped stone tool assemblage is detailed and there is no mention of ceramics
a chipped stone tool assemblage is detailed and there is no mention of ceramics
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, frogs, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 212 specimens
Years: 1989 - 1994
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: sampling was from "the heavy fraction of flotation samples (1 mm mesh size)) and "water-screening (6 mm mesh)"
Metadata
Sample no: 3427
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-01 12:31:23
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:45:40
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
41 species
14 singletons
total count 212
geometric series index: 82.4
Fisher's α: 15.139
geometric series k: 0.9278
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9524
Shannon's H: 3.279
Good's u: 0.9344
Register
| Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum) | 1 | 1.0 kg |
| "Didelphis marsupialis" | ||
| Sorex sp. | 2 | |
| Blarina carolinensis (southern short-tailed shrew) | 1 | 9.3 g |
| "Blarina brevicauda" | ||
| Scalopus aquaticus | 1 | 94.9 g |
| Vespertilionidae indet. | 5 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 15 | 5.5 kg |
| Neogale vison (American mink) | 1 | |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Canis sp. | 12 | |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 1 | |
| "Vulpes fulva" | ||
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 2 | 4.1 kg |
| Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk) | 2 | 113.0 g |
| Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel) | 9 | 519.0 g |
| Sciurus niger (fox squirrel) | 1 | 750.0 g |
| Peromyscus sp. | 1 | |
| Neotoma floridana | 2 | 252.0 g |
| Microtus sp. | 14 | |
| Ondatra zibethicus (common muskrat) | 11 | |
| Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) | 14 | 1.1 kg |
| Sylvilagus aquaticus (swamp rabbit) | 5 | 1.8 kg |
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 7 | |
| Chen caerulescens | 1 | 53.4 g |
| Branta canadensis | 2 | 4.1 g |
| Anas sp. | 10 | |
| Anas platyrhynchos | 2 | 35.3 g |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 1 | 7.8 kg |
| Tympanuchus cupido | 7 | 10.0 g |
| Colinus virginianus | 9 | 12.9 g |
| Accipitridae indet. | 2 | |
| Ectopistes migratorius | 8 | |
| Icteridae indet. | 1 | |
| Quiscalus quiscula | 1 | 120.0 g |
| Lithobates catesbeianus | 2 | |
| "Rana catesbeiana" | ||
| Terrapene carolina | 9 | |
| Colubridae indet. | 13 | |
| Acipenseridae indet. | 1 | |
| Catostomidae indet. | 20 | |
| Moxostoma erythrurum | 5 | |
| Ictalurus punctatus | 2 | |
| Centrarchidae indet. | 1 | |
| Stizostedion sp. | 1 | |
| Aplodinotus grunniens | 7 | |