Tianluoshan
Basic information
Sample name: Tianluoshan
Reference: M. Eda, H. Kikuchi, G. Sun, and A. Matsui. 2019. Were chickens exploited in the Neolithic early rice cultivation society of the lower Yangtze River?. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11:6423-6430 [ER 3816]
Geography
Country: China
State: Zhejiang
Coordinate: 30° 1' 27" N, 121° 23' 46" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.007
Min Ma: 0.0065
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "in Sanqishi Zhenxiangao, Yuyao City"
the two fossiliferous layers were dated at 7000 to 6500 and 6800 to 6500 BP, but methods are not indicated
the two fossiliferous layers were dated at 7000 to 6500 and 6800 to 6500 BP, but methods are not indicated
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, ceramics, stone tools, other structures
Habitat comments: "a large village ruin consisting of raised-floor-style wooden buildings, a wooden fence, storage and refuse pits, and a rice field. Artefactual evidence includes earthenware, stoneware, woodenware, and bone tools"
fossils are from "two refuse pits" and "two cultural layers"
fossils are from "two refuse pits" and "two cultural layers"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, birds
Sample size: 4105 specimens
Years: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 4161
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-12 22:09:57
Modified: 2023-03-12 11:09:57
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
27 species
4 singletons
total count 4105
geometric series index: 37.4
Fisher's α: 3.876
geometric series k: 0.7503
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7577
Shannon's H: 1.8411
Good's u: 0.999
Register
| Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) | 71 | 8.0 kg |
| Nyctereutes procyonoides (common raccoon dog) | 6 | 4.2 kg |
| Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter) | 9 | 6.1 kg |
| Arctonyx collaris (greater hog badger) | 29 | |
| Martes flavigula (yellow-throated marten) | 1 | 2.8 kg |
| Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear) | 2 | |
| Felinae indet. | 13 | |
| "Felis sp." (possibly Prionailurus or something else) | ||
| Panthera sp. | 1 | |
| Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) | 2 | 4.0 kg |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 295 | |
| Cervus nippon (sika deer) | 1753 | 103.0 kg |
| Cervus unicolor (sambar deer) | 450 | |
| Hydropotes inermis (water deer) | 764 | |
| Bubalus sp. | 238 | |
| Hystrix brachyura (Malayan porcupine) | 1 | |
| Phasianidae indet. | 2 | |
| Anatinae indet. | 192 | |
| Anserinae indet. | 50 | |
| Podicipedidae indet. | 7 | |
| Gaviidae indet. | 1 | |
| Ciconiidae indet. | 6 | |
| Phalacrocoracidae indet. | 4 | |
| Pelecanidae indet. | 4 | |
| Ardeidae indet. | 17 | |
| Rallidae indet. | 180 | |
| Laridae indet. | 2 | |
| Accipitridae indet. | 5 | |