Weber I (Late Archaic)
Basic information
Sample name: Weber I (Late Archaic)

Sample aka: 20SA581

Reference: B. A. Smith and K. C. Egan. 1990. Middle and Late Archaic faunal and floral exploitation at the Weber I site (20SA581), Michigan. Ontario Archaeology 50:39-54 [ER 3176]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Michigan


County: Saginaw


Coordinate: 43° 20' N, 83° 44' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3176

Unit number: 1

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.00299

Min Ma: 0.00291

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: "on the banks of the Cass River near the town of Frankenmuth" (coordinate based on Frankenmuth)
there are uncalibrated radiocarbon dates on wood charcoal of 2910 +/- 70, 2990 +/- 110, and 2990 +/- 100 B.P. on the stratigraphically higher Occupation Zone I

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: "The Middle and Late Archaic occupation zones are separated by 0.5 metres of culturally sterile alluvial deposits"
there is an "artifact assemblage" but no detailed discussion of artifacts whatsoever

Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,turtles,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 107 specimens

Sampling comments: "all soil was screened through quarter-inch mesh"

Metadata
Sample number: 3484

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-05 22:28:48

Modified: 2023-04-29 01:42:14

Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 107
geometric series index: 8.7
Fisher's α: 1.087
geometric series k: 0.3656
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5942
Shannon's H: 1.0488
Good's u: 0.9813
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