Arroyo Seco 2
Basic information
Sample name: Arroyo Seco 2

Reference: D. J. Rafuse. 2017. Early to Middle Holocene subsistence strategies in the Pampas region:\nEvidence from the Arroyo Seco 2 site. Journal of Archaeological Science 12:673-683 [ER 3108]
Geography
Country: Argentina

State: Buenos Aires



Coordinate: 38° 21' 38" S, 60° 14' 39" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.008461

Min Ma: 0.005793

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: Coordinates reported in Politis 2016, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0162870
there are seven uncalibrated 14C dates that range from 8461 +/- 74 to 5793 +/- 64 B.P.

Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: "Unit Y: This unit is a homogeneous deposit of brown sandy loess (7.5 YR5/2) with variable thickness between 0.3 and 0.4 m. It consists of a silty sand deposit"

"The Unit Y contains the highest frequency of lithic artifacts and extant fauna remains which include guanaco (Lama guanicoe), pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), nañdù (Rhea americana), small rodents, and armadillos"

Paper is explaining about subsistence hunter-gatherer strategies shifting toward smaller-bodied prey

Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other large mammals,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1347 specimens

Years: 1979 - 2015

Sampling comments: From 1979 to the most recent excavations in 2015, a total of 314 m2has been excavated

Metadata
Sample number: 3395

Contributor: Aniko Toth

Enterer: Aniko Toth

Created: 2019-08-29 15:10:21

Modified: 2023-04-03 07:30:10

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 1347
geometric series index: 4.4
Fisher's α: 0.507
geometric series k: 0.1371
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2385
Shannon's H: 0.4569
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Lama guanicoe1164101 kg
Ozotoceros bezoarticus15920 kg browser-grazer
Rhea americana2123 kg
781 eggshells also present
Eutatus seguini3