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 | |
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture | |
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett | |
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon | |
Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant | |
Alca torda Linnaeus 1758 razorbill | |
Larus marinus Linnaeus 1758 great black-backed gull
Larus atricilla Linnaeus 1758 laughing gull
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 1763 herring gull |