Levi Site Zone V (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 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

• "a loose, tan fill composed of fine dust, decayed and decaying vegetal material, and goat dung... thoroughly mixed through the action of burrowing animals and trampling by men and animals"

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

• identifications are by E. L. Lundelius, Jr.; MNI counts are given, but are of unclear value given probable disassociation of the remains
Reptilia
 Serpentes -
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare