Name: IR00045 from Americas/United States/Florida/Indian River County
Published: 2013-11-13
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Culture	Malabar II St. Johns IIb St. Johns II, A.D. 800-1500 Prehistoric-Ceramic
Site Type	Artifact scatter-low density Extractive site Shell midden (prehistoric) Land-terrestrial
Site Name	HEAD COVE MIDDEN

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Smithsonian Trinomial Identifier	8IR45
Sortable Trinomial	8IR00045
Variant Trinomial Expression(s)	8-IR-45 8-IR-00045

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Form Number	200605.0 197805.0 200202.0 200110.0
Artifact Category (1)	Bone-animal or unidentif
Artifact Category (2)	Aboriginal ceramics
Artifact Category (3)	Shellfood remains
Artifact Category (4)	Bone-animal or unidentif
Artifact Disposition (4)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (5)	Aboriginal ceramics
Artifact Disposition (5)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (6)	Unworked Shell
Artifact Disposition (6)	collected and subsequently reburied at the site
Artifact Category (7)	Shell-worked
Artifact Disposition (7)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (8)	Bone-animal or unidentif
Artifact Disposition (8)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (9)	Worked bone
Artifact Disposition (9)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (10)	Aboriginal ceramics
Artifact Disposition (10)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (11)	Unworked Shell
Artifact Disposition (11)	collected and subsequently reburied at the site
Artifact Category (12)	Shell-worked
Artifact Disposition (12)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (13)	Bone-animal or unidentif
Artifact Disposition (13)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (14)	Worked bone
Artifact Disposition (14)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (15)	Aboriginal ceramics
Artifact Disposition (15)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (16)	Lithics
Artifact Disposition (16)	all of category was collected
Artifact Category (17)	Unworked Shell
Artifact Disposition (17)	collected and subsequently reburied at the site

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Diagnostic Type (1)	FISH JAW FRAG
Diagnostic Type Count (1)	-1
Diagnostic Type (2)	FISH OTOLITH
Diagnostic Type Count (2)	15
Diagnostic Type (3)	FISH SPINE
Diagnostic Type Count (3)	-1
Diagnostic Type (4)	FISH TEETH
Diagnostic Type Count (4)	4
Diagnostic Type (5)	FISH VERTEBRAE
Diagnostic Type Count (5)	-1
Diagnostic Type (6)	GRITTY SAND TEMPERED PLAIN
Diagnostic Type Count (6)	15
Diagnostic Type (7)	MISC ANIMAL BONE
Diagnostic Type Count (7)	-1
Diagnostic Type (8)	SHERDLET
Diagnostic Type Count (8)	23
Diagnostic Type (9)	ST JOHNS CHECK STAMP
Diagnostic Type Count (9)	2
Diagnostic Type (10)	ST JOHNS PLAIN OR ERODED
Diagnostic Type Count (10)	2
Diagnostic Type (11)	BIRD BONES
Diagnostic Type Count (11)	19
Diagnostic Type (12)	CATFISH, DRUM FISH
Diagnostic Type Count (12)	-1
Diagnostic Type (13)	COMMENCIL SNAIL SHELL
Diagnostic Type Count (13)	-1
Diagnostic Type (14)	GLADES TOOLED POTSHERDS
Diagnostic Type Count (14)	6
Diagnostic Type (15)	MAMMAL BONES
Diagnostic Type Count (15)	23
Diagnostic Type (16)	OYSTER, QUAHOG, MUSSEL, SCALY ARK
Diagnostic Type Count (16)	-1
Diagnostic Type (17)	REPTILE/AMPHIBIAN BONES
Diagnostic Type Count (17)	8
Diagnostic Type (18)	SHARK VERTEBRAE
Diagnostic Type Count (18)	13
Diagnostic Type (19)	ST JOHNS CHECK STAMP
Diagnostic Type Count (19)	11
Diagnostic Type (20)	ST JOHNS PLAIN
Diagnostic Type Count (20)	13
Diagnostic Type (21)	TURTLE BONES/CARAPACES/SHELLS
Diagnostic Type Count (21)	7
Diagnostic Type (22)	WHELK SHELL
Diagnostic Type Count (22)	1

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Remarks on collection strategies or artifacts	UNWORKED SHELL WAS RECOVERED IN SHOVEL TESTS; THIS MATERIAL WAS DESCRIBED IN FIELD NOTES, BUT LEFT AT THE SITE; THE SHELL WAS MOSTLY OYSTER, WITH VERY MINOR AMOUNTS OF OTHER SPECIES UNWORKED SHELL WAS RECOVERED IN TEST UNITS; THIS MATERIAL WAS DESCRIBED IN FIELD NOTES AND WEIGHED, BUT LEFT AT THE SITE; THE SHELL WAS MOSTLY OYSTER, WITH VERY MINOR AMOUNTS OF OTHER SPECIES
Comments (Primarily temporal or functional interpretations)	This site appears to date to the Malabar II period. It was used as a special-use site for gathering oyster and shell from a nearby cover on the Indian River. SITE APPEARS TO DATE TO THE MALABAR II PERIOD; IT WAS USED AS A SPECIAL-USE SITE FOR GATHERING OYSTER AND SHELL FROM A NEARBY COVE ON THE INDIAN RIVER

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Has period Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Vocabulary	Late Prehistoric info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Vocabulary Open Context References: Late Prehistoric hub Prehistoric Undifferentiated info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Vocabulary Open Context References: Prehistoric Undifferentiated hub

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Creator Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources (FDOS-DHR) info Vocabulary: Florida Site Files
Spatial Coverage Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Florida info Vocabulary: GeoNames Open Context References: Florida hub North America info Vocabulary: GeoNames Open Context References: North America hub
Subject Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	State historic preservation office info Vocabulary: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Open Context References: State historic preservation office hub Archaeology info Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings Open Context References: Archaeology hub Salvage archaeology info Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings Open Context References: Salvage archaeology hub
Contributor Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	David G. Anderson info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Joshua Wells info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Stephen Yerka info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Kelsey Noack Myers info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Robert Carl DeMuth info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) Thaddeus Geoffrey Bissett info Vocabulary: Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA)

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David G. Anderson, Joshua Wells, Stephen Yerka, Kelsey Noack Myers, Robert Carl DeMuth, Thaddeus Geoffrey Bissett. (2013) "IR00045 from Americas/United States/Florida/Indian River County". In Florida Site Files. Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources (FDOS-DHR) (Ed). Released: 2013-11-13. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2c6b19ba-6ee7-4e73-a632-1a2b4a7b570d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25h7d31s

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