Cadwalader
Basic information
Sample name: Cadwalader
Reference: R. S. White Jr. 1974. Notes on some archaeological faunas from the northeastern United States. Archaeology of Eastern North America 2(1):67-72 [ER 3170]
Geography
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Coordinate: 39° 13' N, 75° 1' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "two sites on the Maurice River (within a mile of the Delaware Bay)"
coordinate based on Heislerville Wildlife Management Area
"Early Woodland" based on artifacts (i.e., 1000 to 200 BCE)
coordinate based on Heislerville Wildlife Management Area
"Early Woodland" based on artifacts (i.e., 1000 to 200 BCE)
Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: ceramics, human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: "The predominant occupation was by an Early Woodland group, with such artifacts as broad-bladed side-notched points and crude flat-bottom and conoidal-based pottery vessels associated with irregular heaps of shell" interpreted as accumulated by hunting or collecting
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 269
Years: 1972
Sampling comments: "escavations"
Metadata
Sample: 3474
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 21:37:11
Modified: 2019-09-09 12:51:33
Abundance distribution
9 species
4 singletons
total count 269
Fisher's α: 1.794
geometric series k: 0.5218
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4884
Shannon's H: 0.9762
Good's u: 0.9851
Register
| Malaclemys terrapin | 182 | |
| Odocoileus virginianus | 59 | 76 kg herbivore |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 15 | 44 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Terrapene carolina | 6 | |
| Kinosternon subrubrum | 3 | |
| Castor canadensis | 1 | 11 kg |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus | 1 | 4.1 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| Mephitis sp. | 1 | |
| Procyon lotor | 1 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |