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 2 to 6 inches in thickness"; includes Archaic projectile points but is apparently time averaged
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, bioturbated, carbonaceous siltstone
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 79585: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Mammalia | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare |