Hill Horizon 11

This dataset is comprised of samples taken from the faunal assemblage excavated at the Koster Site and identified for Frederick Hill’s dissertation research (Hill 1975) as well as for the Koster Project prior to 1975. Methods used to collect macro and micro faunal remains from the original Horizon 11 units included trowel and shovel excavation, screening through ½ mesh, and flotation, for which samples were taken from every level and feature. Hill also identified some materials from several units in Horizon 11 that were excavated in 18”X18” miniblocks, which are included in this dataset from Square’s 237, 238, 250-253, 255 and 336. Hill’s identifications were recorded on paper coding sheets. In 2015 students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania created a digital database from these coding sheets under the supervision of Sarah Neusius for use in the Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group Project. Although a large amount of flotation bone and shell was identified from Koster, Hill’s identification sheets for these materials have not been located and are not included in this dataset.