Coffey (Horizon III-5, 1972-73)
Basic information
Sample name: Coffey (Horizon III-5, 1972-73)
Sample aka: 14P01
Reference: L. J. Schmits. 1978. The Coffey site: environment and cultural adaptation at a prairie plains Archaic site. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 3(1):69-185 [ER 3191]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Kansas
County: Pottawatomie
Coordinate: 40° 40' N, 97° 34' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00585
Min Ma: 0.00484
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "along the east bank of a meander bend in the Big Blue River, ca. 30 miles (48 km) north of Manhattan... in the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 6; Township 6 South, Range 8 East"
there are 14 radiocarbon dates on Unit III ranging from 5850 +/- 135 to 4840 +/- 95 B.P. (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
there are 14 radiocarbon dates on Unit III ranging from 5850 +/- 135 to 4840 +/- 95 B.P. (presumed to be uncalibrated because errors are symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, hearths, stone tools
Habitat comments: "The buried cultural horizons consist of two major areas of stratified cultural deposits (Localities II and II) located in the Unit III and Unit IV channel fills"
"Occupation was situated along the margin of an aggrading oxbow lake"
artifacts include chipped and ground stone tools, bone tools, ornamental and ceremonial artifacts, burned earth, charcoal fragments, and charred seeds, but no ceramics or structures
"Occupation was situated along the margin of an aggrading oxbow lake"
artifacts include chipped and ground stone tools, bone tools, ornamental and ceremonial artifacts, burned earth, charcoal fragments, and charred seeds, but no ceramics or structures
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 148 specimens
Years: 1970 - 1975
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: the main method of recovery was "flotation of hearths, ash lenses and other concentrated areas of microfaunal and floral debris, and then water-screening through 1/8th-inch screen"
Metadata
Sample no: 3500
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-08 15:54:56
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:53:30
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
6 singletons
total count 148
geometric series index: 30.2
Fisher's α: 4.557
geometric series k: 0.7715
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8257
Shannon's H: 2.1025
Good's u: 0.9596
Register
| Bison bison (American bison) | 49 | 430.0 kg |
| Odocoileus sp. | 9 | |
| Canis sp. | 1 | |
| "coyote or dog" | ||
| Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk) | 1 | |
| Neotoma floridana | 1 | 252.0 g |
| Scalopus aquaticus | 1 | 94.9 g |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 1 | 1.1 kg |
| Anas sp. | 8 | |
| discors or cyanoptera | ||
| Aythya sp. | 20 | |
| Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 35.3 g |
| Anser albifrons | 5 | 52.0 g |
| Branta canadensis | 5 | 4.1 g |
| Buteo sp. | 20 | |
| Terrapene sp. | 5 | |
| Apalone sp. | 2 | |
| "Trionyx sp." | ||
| Ictalurus punctatus | 19 | |