Pender Canal Site (trench)
Basic information
Sample name: Pender Canal Site (trench)
Sample aka: DeRt-1
Reference: D. K. Hanson. 1995. Subsistence during the late prehistoric occupation of Pender Canal, British Columbia (DeRt-1). Canadian Journal of Archaeology 19:29-48 [ER 3158]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: British Columbia
Coordinate: 48° 46' N, 123° 15' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00143
Min Ma: 0.00036
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "on Pender Island" (coordinate based on Pender Canal)
fauna was "from stratum VI, a late prehistoric component" and four uncalibrated dates range from 1430 +/- 50 B.P. to 360 +/- 200 B.P.
fauna was "from stratum VI, a late prehistoric component" and four uncalibrated dates range from 1430 +/- 50 B.P. to 360 +/- 200 B.P.
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Habitat comments: ceramics, lithology, and artifacts are not discussed, the site is not described as a midden, and no structures are mentioned
butchering, chopping, and burning marks were observed
butchering, chopping, and burning marks were observed
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 137 specimens
Years: 1984 - 1986
Sampling comments: "All materials were dry-screened through 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) mesh screens"
Metadata
Sample number: 3457
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-02 15:26:32
Modified: 2021-06-06 00:11:03
Abundance distribution
18 species
6 singletons
total count 137
geometric series index: 36.4
Fisher's α: 5.544
geometric series k: 0.7917
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7779
Shannon's H: 1.9921
Good's u: 0.9564
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Register
| Castor canadensis | 3 | 11 kg |
| Microtus sp. | 3 | |
| Canis sp. | 53 | |
| Martes sp. | 1 | |
| Cervus canadensis | 2 | 170 kg browser-grazer |
| "Cervus elaphus" | ||
| Odocoileus sp. | 31 | |
| Otariidae indet. | 2 | |
| Eumetopias or Zalophus | ||
| Phoca vitulina | 15 | |
| Delphinidae indet. | 3 | |
| Gavia immer | 3 | 5.5 kg piscivore |
| Gavia sp. | 1 | |
| arctica or stellata | ||
| Melanitta sp. | 6 | |
| Bucephala albeola | 1 | 473 g |
| Anatinae indet. | 1 | |
| "teal" | ||
| Anatidae indet. | 7 | |
| "duck" | ||
| Ardea herodias | 1 | 54.9 g carnivore |
| Aquila chrysaetos | 3 | 3.9 kg carnivore |
| Colaptes auratus | 1 | 11.3 g insectivore-frugivore |