Contrada Castro (Period B)
Basic information
Sample name: Contrada Castro (Period B)
Reference: A. Castrorao Barba, C. Speciale, R. Miccichè, F. Pisciotta, C. Aleo Nero, P. Marino, and G. Bazan. 2021. The Sicilian countryside in the Early Middle Ages: human-environment interactions at Contrada Castro. Environmental Archaeology x:1-16 [ER 3828]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Palermo
Coordinate: 37.77° N, 13.30° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3828
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.00105
Min Ma: 0.00085
Age basis: other
Geography comments: estimated from satellite map based on Fig. 1
"10th-11th c. AD" based on a "typological study of the site" and on one confirming radiocarbon date (only a 1 sd range is given, and it is not clear if it is calibrated)
"10th-11th c. AD" based on a "typological study of the site" and on one confirming radiocarbon date (only a 1 sd range is given, and it is not clear if it is calibrated)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics
Habitat comments: "a square building" with "pottery kilns" that yielded "production waste"
"35% of the identified elements bore evidence" of gnawing "likely caused by dogs" and there are also "dismembering marks made with large tools"
"35% of the identified elements bore evidence" of gnawing "likely caused by dogs" and there are also "dismembering marks made with large tools"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,birds
Sample size: 415 specimens
Years: 2017 - 2019
Sampling comments: full counts of plant species based on seeds and wood charcoal are also given
there are two infant burials below the Period A building structure, immediately predating it
there are two infant burials below the Period A building structure, immediately predating it
Metadata
Sample number: 4177
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-20 20:03:24
Modified: 2023-05-30 06:22:15
Abundance distribution
11 species
3 singletons
total count 415
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 2.074
geometric series k: 0.6059
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7578
Shannon's H: 1.6614
Good's u: 0.9928
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| Bos taurus | 150 | 337 kg |
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 116 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus domesticus" | ||
| Ovis aries | 56 | 41 kg |
| plus 260 indeterminate ovines | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 12 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Equus africanus asinus | 43 | 287 kg |
| compared to "Equus asinus" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris | 1 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Felis catus | 1 | |
| "cat" IDed as "Felis silvestris" | ||
| Sus scrofa | 3 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Cervidae indet. | 14 | |
| Cervus or Dama | ||
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Gallus gallus | 18 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |