Edwin Harness Mound
Basic information
Sample name: Edwin Harness Mound
Sample aka: 33Ro22

Reference: N. Greber. 1983. Recent excavations at the Edwin Harness Mound, Liberty Works, Ross County, Ohio. Kirtlandia 39:1-93 [ER 3179]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Ohio

Coordinate: 39° 15' 24" N, 82° 52' 36" W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "associated with the Liberty Earthworks"
there are 11 radiocarbon dates directly associated with features that range from A.D. 130 +/- 70 to A.D. 840 +/- 50
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Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: ceramics, settlement, structures
Archaeology: buildings, burials, ceramics, hearths, stone tools
Habitat comments: there are numerous features including burned areas, graves, depressions, post holes, and pits
skeletons, stone tools, and ceramics are described in detail
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 142
Years: 1976, 1977
Sampling comments: recovery techniques included "dry screening through 1/4 inch hardware cloth, water separation, and flotation"
"intrusive" chipmunk and domestic chicken material is excluded from the register
Metadata
Sample: 3487
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-06 19:16:58
Modified: 2019-09-09 12:39:20
Abundance distribution
17 species
6 singletons
total count 142
Fisher's α: 5.039
geometric series k: 0.7861
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8040
Shannon's H: 2.0367
Good's u: 0.9580
⇒ extrapolate richness estimates
Register
Odocoileus virginianus3576 kg herbivore
Procyon lotor115.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Canis sp.5
Urocyon cinereoargenteus14.1 kg frugivore-carnivore
Lynx rufus29.0 kg carnivore
Sylvilagus floridanus11.1 kg herbivore
Peromyscus maniculatus219.1 g
Homo sapiens47
Meleagris gallopavo157.8 kg omnivore
Colinus virginianus112.9 g granivore
Buteo sp.1
Anas sp.1
Passeriformes indet.1
Colubridae indet.2
Ictalurus sp.7
Micropterus sp.6
Catostomidae indet.4