Scovill
Basic information
Sample name: Scovill
Sample aka: FV106 ISM
Reference: P. J. Munson, P. W. Parmalee, and R. A. Yarnell. 1971. Subsistence ecology of Scovill, a terminal Middle Woodland village. American Antiquity 36(4):410-431 [ER 3198]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Illinois
County: Fulton
Coordinate: 38° 51' N, 88° 55' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.0015
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "a relatively small (approx. 1 acre) occupational site... within the lower Spoon River valley... approximately 3.25 mi west of Lewistown (Southwest 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 North, Range 3 East, Fulton County)"
"attributed to the Weaver focus"
there is a "single wood charcoal radiocarbon age of 1500 +/- 120 years" (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
"attributed to the Weaver focus"
there is a "single wood charcoal radiocarbon age of 1500 +/- 120 years" (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools,ceramics,stone tools
Habitat comments: "No structures have been encountered... However, the 92 pits which were encountered and excavated have provided an extensive and varied quantity of material"
there are numerous sherds, stone artifacts, and bone artifacts
there are numerous sherds, stone artifacts, and bone artifacts
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,frogs,salamanders,fishes,clams
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 1607 specimens
Years: 1962
Sampling comments: "The contents of all pits were first removed by trowelling, which resulted in the recovery of most of the sherds, stone artifacts, fire-cracked rocks, large bones, and mussel shells. All contents were then passed through a one-fourth inch screen"
entered counts are sums of values based on screening and flotation
entered counts are sums of values based on screening and flotation
Metadata
Sample number: 3507
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-09 19:11:06
Modified: 2023-04-03 08:54:18
Abundance distribution
97 species
23 singletons
total count 1607
geometric series index: 158.8
Fisher's α: 22.695
geometric series k: 0.9394
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9128
Shannon's H: 3.3506
Good's u: 0.9857
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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