Black Cat Cave (Test Unit 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Black Cat Cave (Test Unit 1)
Reference: T. M. Peres, A. Deter-Wolf, J. Keasler, and S. C. Hodge. 2016. Faunal remains from an archaic period cave in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Archaeological Science 8:187-199 [ER 3174]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
County: Rutherford
Coordinate: 36° 51' N, 86° 24' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00646
Min Ma: 0.00636
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "less than 50 yards off of busy US Highway 231 in Murfreesboro" (coordinate basd on Murfreesboro)
there are conventional radiocarbon dates of 6360 +/- 30 B.P. and 6460 +/- 30 B.P. on Test Unit 1 "charred material"
there are conventional radiocarbon dates of 6360 +/- 30 B.P. and 6460 +/- 30 B.P. on Test Unit 1 "charred material"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave
Archaeology: bone tools, stone tools
Habitat comments: "Modifications to the vertebrate remains included burning, cut marks, and working of bones into tools... several artifacts were encountered in association with this dog - a human molar, an Archaic projectile point/biface, a deer ulna modified into an awl, and a polished/sharpened large mammal long bone diaphysis splinter"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, clams, snails
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 112 specimens
Years: 2014 - 2015
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "A domestic dog burial was encountered" and the NISP of 48 applies to one individual
screen was with "6.5 mm or 1/4 in. mesh"
screen was with "6.5 mm or 1/4 in. mesh"
Metadata
Sample no: 3481
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-05 20:50:20
Modified: 2019-09-09 02:46:24
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
5 singletons
total count 112
geometric series index: 29.6
Fisher's α: 4.657
geometric series k: 0.7521
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7307
Shannon's H: 1.8676
Good's u: 0.9558
Register
| Homo sapiens (human) | 1 | 64.0 kg |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 2 | 519.0 g |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 1 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Vulpes cf. vulpes (red fox) | 1 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 4 | 5.5 kg |
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 7 | |
| Grus cf. canadensis | 2 | 8.3 g |
| Kinosternidae indet. | 1 | |
| Amblema plicata | 7 | |
| Elliptio sp. | 12 | |
| Pleurobema spp. | 11 | |
| Lithasia verrucosa | 2 | |
| Pleurocera troostiana | 54 | |
| Viviparidae indet. | 6 | |