Green Mound midden (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Florida (29.1° N, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• The dates used here arc estimates made by Mr. Bullcn based on partial returns of radio-carbon determinations. Archaeologically the midden represents both the St. Johns I and St. Johns II periods. Mr. Bullen estimated that the age of the bottom of the mound was A.D. 500, and that of the top to be A.D. 1200.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic, midden

Primary reference: J. H. Hamon. 1959. Northern birds from a Florida Indian midden. The Auk 76:533-534 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 195050: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus atricilla Linnaeus 1758 laughing gull
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 1763 herring gull
Larus marinus Linnaeus 1758 great black-backed gull
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alca torda Linnaeus 1758 razorbill
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant