Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group

This study uses faunal remains from Horizons 11-8A of the Koster Site, Greene County, Illinois, as the basis for examining subsistence change during the Early-Middle Archaic transition in the Midwest. Two related issues are considered. First, did significant changes in subsistence strategies occur? Second, what were the probable causes of subsistence change? Current evidence from the lower Illinois River Valley suggests that subsistence change is closely related to changes in settlement or...

Context types for sites in the Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group Collection

This ontology allows EAFWG datasets to be sorted by whether the excavated unit or level was cultural or arbitrary.

Resource types (economic and habita)

Archaic period site type list

This dataset is comprised of samples taken from the faunal assemblage excavated at the Koster Site and identified for Frederick Hill’s dissertation research (Hill 1975) as well as for the Koster Project prior to 1975. The data in this file are part of the combined Horizon 11 Macro and Micro files already, and thus, duplicate part of that file. Methods used to collect macro and micro faunal remains from the original Horizon 11 units included trowel and shovel excavation, screening through ½...

Recovery Technique Coding Sheet

The assemblage used in this dataset represents part of the sample excavated from Horizon 11 in 1978 from units 161, 180, 253 and 254 and duplicates identifications otherwise included in the combined Horizon 11 Macro and Micro dataset also preserved in tDAR. All materials were collected either by trowel or by screening through ½ “ mesh. No flotation remains from Horizon 11 are included in this dataset. Trowel excavations were conducted for the Horizon 11 material, which was bagged in 18” by 18”...

IUP's version of cultural modification used in creating this file.

Element Coding

Taxonomic coding

Portion coding for Kos-N Hor 8A-10B Identified remains as modified for EAFWG work

no description provided

Abnormality of skeletal elements

Skeletal element Axiality

Koster Horizon 11 Skeletal Element Burning Degree

Location of Skeletal Element Burning

Koster Horizon 11 class

Completeness of skeletal element

Deliberate Modification of Skeletal elements

Faunal Skeletal Element coding sheet for Horizon 11 of the Koster site

Digestion of Skeletal elements

Koster Horizon 11 Element Preservation Coding Sheet

Symmetry of skeletal element

Location of Food Processing Marks on Skeletal Elements

Type of Food Processing Marks on Skeletal Elements

Age of Fractures on Skeletal Elements

Koster Horizon 11 Skeletal Element Gnawing

Koster Horizon 11 Portion Proximity

Reliability of Taxon ID

Taxon Identification

ANALYST

BURNING

no description provided

ELEMENT WITH ADDITIONS

Feature/Midden

Horizon Feature/midden

INTEG

OTHER information on modification, maturity etc.

SIDE

SPECIES coding sheet

Combined dataset of combined Horizons 4, 6, 9A/9B and 12 from 1971-1974 excavations. All identifications are of macro remains and were done in Fred Hill's lab. Identification sheets have been transposed by S. Neusius and her students during 2015-2016 using PDFs of the Hill entry sheets. The format used generally matches that used for other Koster Horizons, except the identified materials from Hors 8A-10B that were used in Neusius' 1982 dissertation.

Faunal identifications from flotation made by Andrea Boon as part of her MA thesis research. There are no other flotation bone identifications for this horizon.

This dataset is a combination of Horizon Eleven faunal identifications made by Sarah Neusius, Andrea Boon and Frederick Hill. It was created by Sarah Neusius and her students in late 2015 and early 2016 and modified for use by the EAFWG. The original datasets from which this is created are also stored in tDAR.

Data includes Faunal Analysis at Site. Site Description: The Koster site is a deeply stratified site located in the lower Illinois River valley containing cultural deposits that span most of the Holocene. This site has provided significant information about the Archaic period in the Midwest as well as human-environment interactions at this time. Due to excellent preservation Koster gives us a complex record of the technologies and food sources of its inhabitants over time. The Koster site is...

This file contains reconstructed indeterminate faunal identifications for the Koster Site Priority Horizons Horizons 8A-10B. These data were recorded by Sarah Neusius in her dissertation work and by Fred Hill and his assistants, but were not included in the Kos-N Priority Horizon file created by John Hewitt. They have been entered from notes, tallies and identification sheets available during 2015 and 2016 by Neusius and her students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Additional columns...

This dataset provides faunal identification summaries for Horizons 8A, 8B,8D, 8E, 8F, 10A and 10B that were completed by S. Neusius when working on her dissertation. The original datasheets have not been relocated so this file has been created from the summaries in Neusius 1982 (see documents attached to this project). Because this is summary data the actual contexts within horizons are unknown, but except for the Indeterminate remains, Feature vs Midden contexts were separated. No flotation...

Faunal materials from the Kramer Mound Site, Indiana (12Sp7) excavations.

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for completeness - VARCHAR 98512 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:27 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for context_type - VARCHAR 98510 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:27 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cultaffil - VARCHAR 98509 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:27 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_element - VARCHAR 59630 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 7/30/16 2:23 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for food_processing_mark - VARCHAR 98516 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:29 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for gnawing - VARCHAR 98517 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:29 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for heat_alt - BIGINT 98378 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/5/17 8:23 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for heat_altered - VARCHAR 98391 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:29 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for heat_altered - VARCHAR 98391 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 9/30/17 8:04 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for heat_altered - BIGINT 59636 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 7/30/16 2:23 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for prox_dist - VARCHAR 98513 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:29 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_recovery - VARCHAR 98508 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:26 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for resource_type_taxon - VARCHAR 98511 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:27 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for taxon - VARCHAR 59629 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 7/30/16 2:23 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for weathered - VARCHAR 98393 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:29 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for worked_bone__tool_ - VARCHAR 98515 column from Kramer Mound, IN (12Sp7) Faunal Dataset dataset (394425) on 1/12/17 8:29 AM

Faunal data recovered from Kramer Mound Site, IN (12Sp7). Zooarchaeological identifications and analyses (including bone tools) were conducted by and under the direct supervision of Dr. Tanya M. Peres. From the report (Bergman, C., Peres, T., & Schmidt, C. (2014). Scientific Recovery Investigations at the Kramer Mound (12Sp7): Prehistoric Artifact Assemblages, Faunal and Floral Remains, and Human Osteology. Indiana Archaeology, 9(1), 13-101. Retrieved from...

Little Freeman Cave (23PU565) is a large cave (25 m x 28 m with a current ceiling height of 6 m) situated in the oak-hickory forest on the south facing bluff overlooking the Big Piney River in the Central Ozark Highland in the Fort Leonard Wood military reservation in Pulaski County, Missouri. Phase II testing at the site in 1996 and more extensive excavations in 1997 by the Illinois State Museum (under the direction of Dr. Steven Ahler), under contract with the United States Army Corps of...

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for burn - VARCHAR 85504 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for completeness - VARCHAR 85500 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for context - VARCHAR 85488 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:05 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for contexttype - VARCHAR 80802 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 2/18/16 2:02 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for contexttype - VARCHAR 80833 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 2/18/16 3:55 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cultural_affiliation - VARCHAR 79566 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 2/18/16 2:02 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cultural_affiliation - VARCHAR 85492 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cultural_affiliation - VARCHAR 80837 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 2/18/16 3:55 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cultural_affiliation - VARCHAR 79300 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Vertebrate Fauna, 1/16" Flot dataset (400878) on 5/31/16 8:48 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cut - VARCHAR 79549 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 12/16/15 3:44 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cut - BIGINT 85511 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for cut - BIGINT 79545 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Vertebrate Fauna, 1/16" Flot dataset (400878) on 5/31/16 8:48 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for digest - BIGINT 85507 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_element - VARCHAR 79575 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 12/10/15 3:32 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_element - VARCHAR 85498 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_element - VARCHAR 80843 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 2/18/16 3:55 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_element - VARCHAR 79306 column from Little Freeman Cave(23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (400878) on 11/20/15 3:05 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for gnaw - BIGINT 85506 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion1 - VARCHAR 79560 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 2/22/16 9:08 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion1 - VARCHAR 85501 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion1 - VARCHAR 80846 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 8/5/16 1:48 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion2 - VARCHAR 79559 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 2/22/16 9:27 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion2 - VARCHAR 85502 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion2 - VARCHAR 80847 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 8/5/16 1:48 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion3 - VARCHAR 79558 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 2/22/16 9:27 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion3 - VARCHAR 85503 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion3 - VARCHAR 80848 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 8/5/16 1:48 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for portion3 - VARCHAR 79558 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)-Vertebrate Fauna, 1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 7/18/16 1:16 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_recovery - VARCHAR 79570 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 2/18/16 2:02 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_recovery - VARCHAR 85484 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:05 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_recovery - VARCHAR 80831 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/4" screen dataset (402196) on 2/18/16 3:55 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for col_recovery - VARCHAR 79293 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Vertebrate Fauna, 1/16" Flot dataset (400878) on 5/31/16 8:50 AM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for resource_type - VARCHAR 79562 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Fauna dataset-1/4" screen dataset (401048) on 12/10/15 3:32 PM

This coding sheet was generated by tDAR for resource_type - VARCHAR 85497 column from Little Freeman Cave (23PU565)- Mollusk dataset-1/16" Flot dataset (405914) on 6/14/16 1:30 PM