Levi Site Zone IV (Holocene of the United States)

Also known as University of Texas Site No. 41TV49

Where: Travis County, Texas (30.4° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 98.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• "The zone ranges from 12 to 20 inches thick"; Zone IV is dated at 6750 +/- 150 B.P. (considered "inconsistent" with other dates and therefore "probably the result of contamination") and 9300 +/- 160 B.P. (radiocarbon on "snail and mussel shell"); includes Plainview-Angostura, Iztapan, and Lerma projectile points

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, gray siltstone

• "The fill... is light gray, smooth-textured, and compact"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collected by H. L. Alexander, Jr. in 1950, 1960

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

• "All work was done by trowel, and fill was transferred by bucket to the screen... All material was passed through 1/4 inch screen, and much of it also was run through fine window screen."

Primary reference: H. L. Alexander, Jr. 1963. The Levi Site: a Paleo-Indian campsite in central Texas. American Antiquity 28(4):510-528 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 79584: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• identifications are by E. L. Lundelius, Jr.; MNI counts are given, but are of unclear value given probable disassociation of the remains
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Reptilia
 Serpentes -
Mammalia
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
"Procyon simus" = Procyon lotor
"Procyon simus" = Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus
"Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn