Keffer (Midden 57, floated)
Basic information
Sample name: Keffer (Midden 57, floated)
Sample aka: AkGv-14
Reference: F. L. Stewart. 1991. Floating for fauna: some methodological considerations using the Keffer site (AkGv-14). Canadian Journal of Archaeology 15:97-115 [ER 3155]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Ontario
Coordinate: 43° 50' N, 79° 30' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "just north of Toronto in the town of Vaughan" (coordinate based on Vaughan)
"occupied possibly in the very last of the 15th century and certainly in the first two or three decades of the 16th century" (dating method unclear)
"occupied possibly in the very last of the 15th century and certainly in the first two or three decades of the 16th century" (dating method unclear)
Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: ceramics, human accumulation, midden, settlement, structures
Archaeology: buildings, ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: the site is "comprised of at least 26 middens and 19 houses surrounded by palisades whcih also enclosed some burials" with "ceramics and stone artifacts"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 693
Sampled by: W. D. Finlayson
Years: 1985
Metadata
Sample: 3452
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 14:12:23
Modified: 2019-09-09 13:02:42
Abundance distribution
34 species
10 singletons
total count 693
Fisher's α: 7.492
geometric series k: 0.8382
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7347
Shannon's H: 2.0870
Good's u: 0.9856
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