Hobson Site
Basic information
Sample name: Hobson Site
Sample aka: 33Ms-2
Reference: J. L. Murphy. 1968. The Hobson Site: a Fort Ancient component near Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio. Kirtlandia 4:1-14 [ER 3178]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Coordinate: 38° 59' N, 82° 5' W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the northern bank of Storys Run at the confluence of that stream with the Ohio River, 1 1/2 miles downstream from Middleport... at an elevation of approximately 570 feet above sea level" (coordinate based on Hobson Site)
"the site represents the early Feurt Phase, and the age of the site is estimated as approximately 1100-1200 A.D."
"the site represents the early Feurt Phase, and the age of the site is estimated as approximately 1100-1200 A.D."
Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: ceramics, midden, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, burials, ceramics, stone tools
Habitat comments: "Midden material averaged less than a foot in thickness"
a "complete burial", stone artifacts, worked bone, and pottery were found
structures are not discussed
a "complete burial", stone artifacts, worked bone, and pottery were found
structures are not discussed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes, clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 885
Years: 1966
Sampling comments: "excavation technique, if it can be called that, consisted largely of surface collecting behind the earth-moving equipment as the machinery passed back and forth over the site"
Metadata
Sample: 3486
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-06 16:04:48
Modified: 2019-09-09 12:39:44
Abundance distribution
33 species
5 singletons
total count 885
standardised richness: not computable
Fisher's α: 6.759
geometric series k: 0.8274
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7357
Shannon's H: 2.0483
Good's u: 0.9944
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| Aplodinotus grunniens | 1 | |
| Ictalurus sp. | 3 | |
| Terrapene carolina | 27 | |
| Chelydra serpentina | 6 | |
| Meleagris gallopavo | 95 | 7.8 kg omnivore |
| Odocoileus virginianus | 429 | 75 kg herbivore |
| Procyon lotor | 18 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
| Sciurus sp. | 9 | |
| Cervus canadensis | 9 | 170 kg browser-grazer |
| Castor canadensis | 4 | 11 kg |
| Tamias striatus | 3 | 113 g frugivore-insectivore |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 2 | 1.1 kg herbivore |
| Ursus americanus | 2 | 115 kg browser-insectivore |
| Canis lupus | 1 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Amblema plicata | 10 | |
| Quadrula cylindrica | 18 | |
| Quadrula metanerva wardi | 9 | |
| Quadrula pustulosa | 2 | |
| Pleurobema cordatum | 69 | |
| Pleurobema pyramidatum | 3 | |
| Pleurobema clava | 7 | |
| Elliptio dilatatus | 3 | |
| Elliptio crassidens | 67 | |
| Obovaria subrotunda | 2 | |
| Proptera alata | 1 | |
| Ligumia recta latissima | 3 | |
| Lampsilis ovata | 5 | |
| Lampsilis siliquoidea | 1 | |
| Anguispira alternata | 45 | |
| Anguispira kochi | 21 | |
| Mesodon clausus | 7 | |
| Triodopsis tridentata | 1 |