Tasbas (Phase 2b)
Basic information
Sample name: Tasbas (Phase 2b)
Reference: P. N. Doumani, M. D. Frachetti, R. Beardmore, T. M. Schmaus, R. N. Spengler III, and A. N. Mar'yashev. 2015. Burial ritual, agriculture, and craft production among Bronze Age pastoralists at Tasbas (Kazakhstan). Archaeological Research in Asia 1:17-32 [ER 3759]
Geography
Country: Kazakhstan
Coordinate: 45° 8' 3" N, 79° 22' 4" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3759
Unit number: 3
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.00294
Min Ma: 0.00292
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "Tasbas is a highland settlement located at 1500 m asl, in the Bayan-Zhurek Valley of Semirech'ye, southeastern Kazakhstan".
"Three samples of wood charcoal from Phase 2b were AMS dated to between 2940 ± 30 and 2920 ± 25 BP (1208 and 1054 cal. BC)".
"Three samples of wood charcoal from Phase 2b were AMS dated to between 2940 ± 30 and 2920 ± 25 BP (1208 and 1054 cal. BC)".
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: ceramics,stone tools
Habitat comments: "Tasbas extends over three natural terraces (70 × 20 m) that wrap along a tributary river. Historic period burials rest on the upper terrace; a multi-phase campsite occupies the middle terrace; and Late Bronze Age burials span the lower terrace".
"Phase 2b represents the Late-Final Bronze Age transition at Tasbas. The cultural deposits of Phase 2b contain carbon-rich activity areas with low architectural investment overall. Palimpsests of thin organic deposits and material artifacts lack associated walls or foundations, yet it is possible that parts of the stone foundations from Phase 2a were reused. Ground stone mortars and decorated and plain potsherds from this layer showed little distinction from the Phase 2a deposits".
"Phase 2b represents the Late-Final Bronze Age transition at Tasbas. The cultural deposits of Phase 2b contain carbon-rich activity areas with low architectural investment overall. Palimpsests of thin organic deposits and material artifacts lack associated walls or foundations, yet it is possible that parts of the stone foundations from Phase 2a were reused. Ground stone mortars and decorated and plain potsherds from this layer showed little distinction from the Phase 2a deposits".
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 118 specimens
Years: 2011
Sampling comments: "Pilot excavations were carried out on the middle terrace at Tasbas in 2001, with the main excavations conducted in 2011". No specific information is provided on the total area excavated, or whether the soil was sieved.
Metadata
Sample number: 4012
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2022-10-17 13:22:51
Modified: 2023-05-30 02:15:21
Abundance distribution
10 species
0 singletons
total count 118
geometric series index: 13.5
Fisher's α: 2.608
geometric series k: 0.6840
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6796
Shannon's H: 1.5763
Good's u: 1.0000
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