Sunshine Locality (Unit D)
Basic information
Sample name: Sunshine Locality (Unit D)

Reference: G. Huckleberry, C. Beck, G. T. Jones, A. Holmes, M. Cannon, S. Livingston, and J. M. Broughton. 2001. Terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene environmental change at the Sunshine Locality, north-central Nevada, U.S.A.. Quaternary Research 55:303-312 [ER 3215]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Nevada

County: White Pine

Coordinate: 40° 43' N, 115° 16' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3215

Unit number: 4

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.00992

Min Ma: 0.00742

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "in southern Long Valley, about 60 km northwest of Ely" and shown as immediately west of the Butte Mountains (coordinate based on Butte Mountains)
there are three uncalibrated dates ranging from 9920 +/- 60 to 7420 +/- 60 14C yr B.P.

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Environment
Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: "a channel facies marked by channel cut and fill stratigraphic boundaries and cross-bedded sands" and "distal alluvial fan deposits"
stone tools are inventoried

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals, birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 8 specimens

Years: 1993

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "In 1993, a 5 x 6 m block was excavated 4 m deep"
there is no discussion of screenwashing

Metadata
Sample no: 3532

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-11 22:25:44

Modified: 2023-04-29 01:55:30

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
3 singletons
total count 8
geometric series index: 21.4
Fisher's α: 5.705
geometric series k: 0.7598
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7143
Shannon's H: 1.4942
Good's u: 0.6576
Register
Anas sp. 3
Leporidae indet.2
Thomomys sp. 1
Neotoma cinerea 1240.0 g
Microtus sp. 1