Rattlesnake Point Pueblo (Unit 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Rattlesnake Point Pueblo (Unit 2)
Sample aka: AZ Q:11:118

Reference: T. C. Clark. 1998. Assessing room function using unmodified faunal bone: a case study from east-central Arizona. Kiva 64(1):27-51 [ER 3169]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Arizona

Coordinate: 34° 22' N, 109° 22' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "an 80-room, single-story pueblo that was constructed and occupied in the early Pueblo IV period (ca. A.D. 1325-1370). The site is located along the upper Little Colorado River in Lyman Lake State Park" (coordinate based on Lyman Reservoir)
dating is based on tree-ring analysis
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Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: ceramics, human accumulation, midden, settlement, structures
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: there are numerous ceramic vessels and bone and lithic tools
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 788
Sampling comments: screenwashing is not mentioned
Metadata
Sample: 3473
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 20:34:19
Modified: 2019-09-09 12:51:57
Abundance distribution
20 species
4 singletons
total count 788
Fisher's α: 3.734
geometric series k: 0.7322
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6744
Shannon's H: 1.5568
Good's u: 0.9949
⇒ extrapolate richness estimates
Register
Odocoileus sp.21
Antilocapra americana37
Sylvilagus sp.243
Lepus sp.373
Marmotini indet.1
"Spermophilus sp."
Thomomys sp.3
Castor canadensis211 kg
Peromyscus sp.20
Neotoma sp.19
Cynomys sp.4
Canis lupus familiaris444 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Catostomus sp.10
Phasianidae indet.3
Meleagris gallopavo307.8 kg omnivore
Carnivora indet.2
small
Testudines indet.1
"Testudinata indet."
Anas platyrhynchos135.3 g granivore
Buteo sp.3
Cyanocitta stelleri1
Passeriformes indet.10