Chandankhera (Period III: Satavahana)
Basic information
Sample name: Chandankhera (Period III: Satavahana)
Reference: A. Deshpande-Mukherjee, K. P. Koch, P. Meshram, A. Bhoyar, A. Thakur, and V. Sontakke. 2014. A study of the animal remains from the early historic settlement of Chandankhera, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 74:63-72 [ER 3376]
Geography
Country: India
State: Maharashtra
Coordinate: 20° 16' N, 79° 12' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3376
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.00205
Min Ma: 0.00175
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "Chandankhera is situated 22 km northeast of Bhadrawati Tehsil in Chandrapur district and around 150 km southeast of Nagpur in Maharashtra"
"A part of the site is occupied while the rest of the area is very disturbed due to soil removal"
"A five-fold cultural sequence was recovered"
Period III belongs to the Satavahana cultural period. This period spans the "Late 2nd century BCE–Early 3rd century CE", roughly from 100 BC to 200 AD.
"A part of the site is occupied while the rest of the area is very disturbed due to soil removal"
"A five-fold cultural sequence was recovered"
Period III belongs to the Satavahana cultural period. This period spans the "Late 2nd century BCE–Early 3rd century CE", roughly from 100 BC to 200 AD.
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,ceramics,other artifacts,other structures
Habitat comments: "The Satavahana deposit is identified by numerous antiquities ranging from semi-precious stone beads, terracotta beads, figurines, disks, religious objects and coins"
"Bricks were used for making houses and wells"
"Large numbers of terracotta tiles of Satavahana period were also found"
"Bone splinters modified into bone tools were also recorded"
"Some bones display cut marks and charring"
"Bricks were used for making houses and wells"
"Large numbers of terracotta tiles of Satavahana period were also found"
"Bone splinters modified into bone tools were also recorded"
"Some bones display cut marks and charring"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,birds,turtles,clams
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 40 specimens
Sampling comments: "A 12 m area of habitation deposit having a thickness of 7 m was selected for excavation in 2009"
"The faunal remains were recovered from three trenches A, B and C"
"The faunal remains were recovered from three trenches A, B and C"
Metadata
Sample number: 3748
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-05-28 14:59:12
Modified: 2023-04-29 03:20:43
Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 40
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 3.613
geometric series k: 0.7071
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7705
Shannon's H: 1.8040
Good's u: 0.9524
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