Shuangta
Basic information
Sample name: Shuangta

Reference: Z. Tang, L. Wang, T. Duan, X. Jin, and M. Zhang. 2017. The animal remains and its environment of Neolithic Shuangta site in Baicheng of Jilin. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 36(4):537-552 [ER 3802]
Geography
Country: China

State: Jilin


Coordinate: 45.39° N, 122.96° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Ma: 0.009679

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: in Deshun, Taobei District, Baicheng City, Jilin Province (coordinate based on Shuangta Village)
there is an apparently uncalibrated radiocarbon date of 9550 +/- 45 BP on human bone in addition to thermoluminescence dates ranging from 9679 +/- 750 BP to 10,400 +/- 600 BP on pottery sherds; the radiocarbon date is entered here

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: ceramics,stone tools

Habitat comments: the excavation area was 1419 m2 and there are three stratigraphic layers
there are pottery fragments, microliths, and other artifacts, apparently in all layers
this is definitely a hunter-gatherer human accumulation based on extensive discussion in the text
a lithological description is apparently not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,frogs,fishes,clams,snails

Sample size: 3373 specimens

Years: 2007

Sampling comments: the site was is covered in 1960 and this excavation was carried out in 2007
MNI counts are given but are apparently simple minimums of left and right NISP counts, so the latter are combined for entry
clams and snails are listed in Table 8

Metadata
Sample number: 4155

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-10 13:41:38

Modified: 2023-03-10 02:41:38

Abundance distribution
32 species
4 singletons
total count 3373
geometric series index: 42.4
Fisher's α: 4.895
geometric series k: 0.7838
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6333
Shannon's H: 1.5293
Good's u: 0.9988
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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