Watson Brake (6.4 mm fraction)
Basic information
Sample name: Watson Brake (6.4 mm fraction)
Sample aka: 16WC5
Reference: J. W. Saunders, R. D. Mandel, C. G. Sampson, C. M. Allen, E. T. Allen, D. A. Bush, J. K. Feathers, K. J. Gremillion, C. T. Hallmark, H. E. Jackson, J. K. Johnson, R. Jones, R. T. Saucier, G. L. Stringer, and Vidrine. 2005. Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic mound complex in northeast Lousiana. American Antiquity 70(4):631-668 [ER 3168]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Louisiana
Coordinate: 32° 38' 12" N, 91° 24' 41" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00507
Min Ma: 0.00352
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "at Poverty Point" (coordinate bsaed on Poverty Point State Historic Site)
there are 28 uncalibrated radiocarbon dates ranging from 5070 +/- 100 to 3520 +/- 120 B.P.
there are 28 uncalibrated radiocarbon dates ranging from 5070 +/- 100 to 3520 +/- 120 B.P.
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: artifacts include fire-cracked rock, flaked lithics, chert beads, non-flaked lithics, bone and antler tools, manuports, and fired earthen objects, but there are no ceramics per se
there are firepits and postholes
there are firepits and postholes
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,other reptiles,frogs,salamanders,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 1833 specimens
Sampling comments: most or all of the material is from Mound B
"samples were divided into large (>6.4 mm) and small (6.4 mm-3.2 mm) fragments"
"samples were divided into large (>6.4 mm) and small (6.4 mm-3.2 mm) fragments"
Metadata
Sample number: 3471
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-04 11:13:02
Modified: 2023-02-25 10:58:33
Abundance distribution
54 species
12 singletons
total count 1833
extrapolated richness: 85.3
Fisher's α: 10.437
geometric series k: 0.8899
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8452
Shannon's H: 2.4249
Good's u: 0.9935
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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