Croley-Evans
Basic information
Sample name: Croley-Evans
Sample aka: 15KX24
Reference: R. W. Jefferies, E. Breitburg, J. Flood, and C. M. Scarry. 1996. Mississippian adaptation on the northern periphery: settlement, subsistence and interaction in the Cumberland valley of southeastern Kentucky. Southeastern Archaeology 15(1):1-18 [ER 3165]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Kentucky
Coordinate: 36° 45' N, 83° 59' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in Knox County" in or very close to Gausdale based on the map of Jeffries 2001 (in Archaeology of the Applachian Highlands)
there are five uncalibrated dates ranging from 960 +/- 80 to 520 +/- B.P., both on "cane matting"
there are five uncalibrated dates ranging from 960 +/- 80 to 520 +/- B.P., both on "cane matting"
Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: ceramics, human accumulation, midden, settlement, structures
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: "a platform mound and an extensive midden deposit" also referred to as a "town and mound complex"
posts are present, and artifacts include lithics, ceramics, modified bone and shell
posts are present, and artifacts include lithics, ceramics, modified bone and shell
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders, fishes, snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 2378
Years: 1993 - 1994
Sampling comments: screenwashing is not mentioned
Metadata
Sample: 3466
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-03 22:05:36
Modified: 2019-09-09 12:56:25
Abundance distribution
52 species
16 singletons
total count 2378
standardised richness: 10.5
Fisher's α: 9.389
geometric series k: 0.8740
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7750
Shannon's H: 2.0446
Good's u: 0.9933
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