Irving-Johnston
Basic information
Sample name: Irving-Johnston
Sample aka: AjGx-27
Reference: F. L. Stewart and W. D. Finlayson. 2000. Subsistence at the Irving-Johnston village and the question of deer tending by the neutrals. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 24(1):17-40 [ER 3161]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Ontario
Coordinate: 43° 28' N, 80° 57' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.000387
Min Ma: 0.000367
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "just south of Campbellville... 9.3 km north of Crawford Lake" (coordinate based on Crawford Lake Conservation Area)
"Using pottery rim sherd seriations and correlations to the varved sediments of Crawford Lake, which contain corn and other pollens, this site has been dated to ca. A.D. 1563 to 1583"
"Using pottery rim sherd seriations and correlations to the varved sediments of Crawford Lake, which contain corn and other pollens, this site has been dated to ca. A.D. 1563 to 1583"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: ceramics
Habitat comments: material was identified from six middens
there is no discussion of lithics or of structures such as hearths or pit moulds
there is no discussion of lithics or of structures such as hearths or pit moulds
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 1444 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "the dirt was screened through a 0.6 mm mesh"
Metadata
Sample no: 3461
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-03 14:43:35
Modified: 2023-02-25 11:21:48
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
48 species
16 singletons
total count 1444
geometric series index: 93.0
Fisher's α: 9.552
geometric series k: 0.8655
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6072
Shannon's H: 1.7282
Good's u: 0.9889
Register
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 887 | |
| Castor canadensis | 110 | 11.0 kg |
| Ursus americanus (American black bear) | 77 | 115.0 kg |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 1 | 4.1 kg |
| Cervus canadensis (elk) | 64 | |
| "Cervus elaphus" | ||
| Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel) | 25 | 519.0 g |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 14 | 5.5 kg |
| Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk) | 13 | 113.0 g |
| Canis lupus familiaris (dog) | 69 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Marmota monax | 7 | 4.5 kg |
| Alces alces (moose) | 4 | 421.0 kg |
| Bos taurus (cow) | 3 | |
| Ondatra zibethicus (common muskrat) | 3 | |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 3 | |
| Martes americana (American marten) | 2 | 946.0 g |
| Microtus sp. | 2 | |
| Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail) | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Peromyscus maniculatus (eastern deer mouse) | 1 | 19.1 g |
| Pekania pennanti (fisher) | 1 | |
| "Martes pennanti" | ||
| Homo sapiens (human) | 1 | 64.0 kg |
| Neogale vison (American mink) | 1 | |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Erethizon dorsatum | 1 | |
| Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (American red squirrel) | 1 | 187.0 g |
| Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare) | 1 | 1.4 kg |
| Coregonus sp. | 15 | |
| Catostomidae indet. | 14 | |
| Ictalurus nebulosus | 4 | |
| Esox lucius | 4 | |
| Salvelinus namaycush | 3 | |
| Anguilla rostrata | 2 | |
| Micropterus sp. | 2 | |
| Stizostedion sp. | 2 | |
| Amia calva | 1 | |
| Perciformes indet. | 1 | |
| Salmo sp. | 1 | |
| Ectopistes migratorius | 53 | |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 14 | 7.8 kg |
| one specimen tentatively referred | ||
| Buteo sp. | 3 | |
| Corvus brachyrhynchos | 2 | |
| Colaptes auratus | 2 | 11.3 g |
| Melanitta nigra | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Anatidae indet. | 1 | |
| Bonasa umbellus | 1 | 566.0 g |
| Corvus corax | 1 | |
| Terrapene carolina | 9 | |
| Glyptemys insculpta | 7 | |
| "Clemmys insculpta": one specimen tentatively referred | ||
| Chelydra serpentina | 5 | |
| Chrysemys picta | 4 | |