Sample name: Bluegrass (macro)

Reference: C. R. Stafford, R. L. Richards, and C. M. Anslinger. 2000. The Bluegrass fauna and changes in middle Holocene hunter-gatherer foraging in the southern Midwest. American Antiquity 65(2):317-336 [ER 3135]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement

Archaeology: burials,hearths,stone tools

Habitat comments: "A 35-cm-thick, organic-rich midden" with "abundant fire-cracked rock, well-preserved animal bone, nutshell, and to a lesser extent lithic debitage and tools... One-hundred and thirty-two pits or hearths were exposed, along with 80 human burials and 12 dog burials"

Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,frogs,salamanders,fishes,crustaceans,clams

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 1107 specimens

Years: 1981 - 1988

Sampling comments: "derived from 33 pit features excavated at the site... Fauna were recovered from pit fall, dry screened through 1/4-inch mesh, and from the heavy fraction of 11 liter flotation samples. All bone greater than 2 mm is included in the flotation assemblage"
this sample represented the macrofaunal assemblage

Sample number: 3423

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-01 10:32:50

Modified: 2023-04-03 08:44:22