Doukanet el Khoutifa
Basic information
Sample name: Doukanet el Khoutifa
Reference: N. Aouadi, Y. Dridi, and W. B. Dhia. 2014. Holocene environment and subsistence patterns from Capsian and Neolithic sites in Tunisia. Quaternary International 320:3-14 [ER 3150]
Geography
Country: Tunisia
Coordinate: 35.89151° N, 9.442632° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00797
Min Ma: 0.006638
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: "Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one(thickness 1.6 m), both belonging to the Neolithic and dating between the 8th (6750 +/- 200 BP, 7266 - 7970 cal BP) and the first half of the 7th millennium cal BP (6000 +/- 100 BP, 6638 - 7158 cal BP) (Zoughlami, 2009)."
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one (thickness 1.6 m)"
this is a "rammadiyah... an enormous accumulation of ash, land snail shells, burned stones, lithic artifacts and faunal remains"
this is a "rammadiyah... an enormous accumulation of ash, land snail shells, burned stones, lithic artifacts and faunal remains"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 330 specimens
Sampled by: Zoughlami
Years: 1973 - 1976
Sampling comments: "the site of Doukanet el Khoutifa in the Siliana region, is composed of a shelter with a vast terrace of 2200 m2and was excavated by Zoughlami between 1973 and 1976 in Sectors 1 and 2(Zoughlami, 2009)."
"Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one(thickness 1.6 m), both belonging to the Neolithic and dating between the 8th (6750-200 BP, 7266-7970 cal BP) and the first half of the 7th millennium cal BP (6000100 BP, 6638e7158 cal BP) (Zoughlami, 2009)"
"Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one(thickness 1.6 m), both belonging to the Neolithic and dating between the 8th (6750-200 BP, 7266-7970 cal BP) and the first half of the 7th millennium cal BP (6000100 BP, 6638e7158 cal BP) (Zoughlami, 2009)"
Metadata
Sample number: 3446
Contributor: Aniko Toth
Enterer: Aniko Toth
Created: 2019-09-01 22:00:02
Modified: 2019-09-09 03:10:27
Abundance distribution
22 species
5 singletons
total count 330
geometric series index: 36.1
Fisher's α: 5.306
geometric series k: 0.8035
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8463
Shannon's H: 2.2550
Good's u: 0.9849
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