essay
Fossil oribatid mites as tools for quaternary paleoecologists: preservation quality, quantities, and taphonomy
late pleistocene and early holocene paleoecology and archaeology of the eastern great lakes region: proceedings of the smith symposium, held at the buffalo museum of science, october 24-25, 1986 • 33 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 207-226
By: Erickson, J. Mark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author makes a case for more studies of fossil oribatids ("moss" or "soil" mites) to further understand the paleoecology of an area, and presents the necessary field and lab procedures.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,000-9500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Glovers Pond, New Jersey, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Mark Erickson
- Meeting name: Smith Symposium (1986 : Buffalo Museum of Science)//Symposium sponsored by the George G. and Elizabeth G. Smith Foundation
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-226)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88006094
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians