Huaca Colorada (Zone A)
Basic information
Sample name: Huaca Colorada (Zone A)
Reference: A. K. Alaica. 2018. Partial and complete deposits and depictions: Social zooarchaeology, iconography and the role of animals in Late Moche Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science 20:864-872 [ER 3425]
Geography
Country: Peru
Coordinate: -7.40° S, -79.45° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.0013
Min Ma: 0.0011
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "Late Moche... AD650-850" based on ceramics
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,metal tools,other artifacts
Habitat comments: "aa 20-m high pyramidal mound"
there is pottery and "copper slag and spindle whorls for the production of copper and textiles"
burials, hearths, and stone tools are present in the overall site, but Swenson et al. (2012) do not make clear if they are present in Zone A
there is pottery and "copper slag and spindle whorls for the production of copper and textiles"
burials, hearths, and stone tools are present in the overall site, but Swenson et al. (2012) do not make clear if they are present in Zone A
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,birds,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1874 specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 3807
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-06-12 10:42:56
Modified: 2021-06-12 00:43:54
Abundance distribution
17 species
0 singletons
total count 1874
geometric series index: 20.6
Fisher's α: 2.580
geometric series k: 0.6729
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5860
Shannon's H: 1.3237
Good's u: 1.0000
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Register
Mustelus sp. | 2 | |
Rhinobatos planiceps | 3 | |
Sardinops sagax | 2 | |
Mugil cephalus | 17 | |
Paralonchurus peruanus | 66 | |
Sciaena deliciosa | 2 | |
Anisotremus scapularis | 6 | |
Phalacrocorax bougainvilillii | 101 | |
Sula variegata | 7 | 1.4 kg |
Pelecanus sp. | 7 | |
Zenaida asiatica | 5 | 153 g granivore-frugivore |
Cavia porcellus | 26 | |
Canis lupus familiaris | 389 | 43 kg carnivore |
"Canis familiaris" | ||
Lycalopex sechurae | 3 | |
"Pseudelopex sechurae" | ||
Otaria sp. | 29 | |
Odocoileus virginianus | 78 | 75 kg herbivore |
Lama sp. | 1131 |