Mykut Rockshelter
Basic information
Sample name: Mykut Rockshelter
Sample aka: 36Hu143
Reference: P. A. Raber. 2008. The Mykut Rockshelter, 36Hu143: an upland hunting/butchering station in central Pennsylvania. Archaeology of Eastern North America 36:25-62 [ER 3173]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Coordinate: 40° 26' N, 78° 0' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in Little Valley" and "overlooks Tatman Run" (very close to Raystown Lake, basis of coordinate)
ten uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from Stratum III/IV range from 2280 +/- 50 to zero BP, but the youngest non-trivial date is 150 +/- 60 BP
ten uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from Stratum III/IV range from 2280 +/- 50 to zero BP, but the youngest non-trivial date is 150 +/- 60 BP
Climate and habitat
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: ceramics, tools
Habitat comments: "a deer hunting and butchering station" with sediments comprised of sandstone
"The great majority (87%) of the artifacts lay within the Ab" and "Bt" horizons in Stratum III and Stratum IV, and 85% of "the faunal remains" were from the same levels, which are Late Woodland
artifacts included debitage, flaked stone tools, cobble/pebble tools, and sherds of pottery
"The great majority (87%) of the artifacts lay within the Ab" and "Bt" horizons in Stratum III and Stratum IV, and 85% of "the faunal remains" were from the same levels, which are Late Woodland
artifacts included debitage, flaked stone tools, cobble/pebble tools, and sherds of pottery
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 312
Sampling comments: deposits were "screened through 0.3 cm mesh"
Metadata
Sample: 3479
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-05 15:15:23
Modified: 2019-09-05 15:15:23
Abundance distribution
26 species
10 singletons
total count 312
Fisher's α: 6.743
geometric series k: 0.8226
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7625
Shannon's H: 2.0005
Good's u: 0.9680
Register
| Odocoileus virginianus | 132 | 76 kg herbivore |
| Canis latrans | 2 | 12 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 1 | 44 kg carnivore |
| "Canis domesticus" | ||
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus | 1 | 4.1 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| Marmota monax | 14 | 4.5 kg |
| Didelphis virginiana | 27 | 2.2 kg insectivore-carnivore |
| Erethizon dorsatum | 1 | 9.9 kg herbivore |
| Procyon lotor | 21 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
| Mephitis mephitis | 1 | 1.5 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Mustela sp. | 2 | |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 63 | 1.1 kg herbivore |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 10 | 519 g frugivore |
| Microtus sp. | 10 | |
| Peromyscus sp. | 1 | |
| Neotoma sp. | 4 | |
| Soricidae indet. | 3 | |
| Tamias striatus | 1 | 113 g frugivore-insectivore |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 1 | 7.8 kg omnivore |
| Lagopus sp. | 1 | |
| Bonasa umbellus | 1 | 566 g omnivore |
| Piciformes indet. | 1 | |
| Thamnophis sp. | 2 | |
| "garter snake" | ||
| Chrysemys sp. | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. small | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. medium | 3 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. large | 3 | |