Berenike Trogodytika (fort)
Basic information
Sample name: Berenike Trogodytika (fort)
Reference: M. Osypinska and M. Wozniak. 2019. Livestock economy at Berenike, a Hellenistic city on the Red Sea (Egypt). African Archaeological Review 36:367-382 [ER 3832]
Geography
Country: Egypt
Coordinate: 23° 54' 31" N, 35° 28' 21" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.0017
Min Ma: 0.00165
Age basis: other
Geography comments: coordinate based on Berenice Troglodytica
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: "A large fortified building"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 384 specimens
Years: 2010 - 2018
Sampling comments: fishes and molluscs were collected but are not detailed
Metadata
Sample number: 4181
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-24 18:14:07
Modified: 2023-03-24 07:14:07
Abundance distribution
12 species
1 singleton
total count 384
geometric series index: 15.0
Fisher's α: 2.352
geometric series k: 0.6429
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7627
Shannon's H: 1.7406
Good's u: 0.9974
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Register
| Gallus gallus domesticus | 129 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
| also 129 Aves indet. | ||
| Gerbillinae indet. | 2 | |
| Acomys cahirinus | 6 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 5 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Felis catus | 7 | |
| Loxodonta sp. | 24 | |
| assigned to the genus in the text | ||
| Camelus dromedarius | 8 | 448 kg |
| Equus africanus asinus | 40 | 287 kg |
| "Equus asinus" | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 6 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Bos taurus | 1 | 337 kg |
| "Bos primigenius domestica" | ||
| Ovis aries | 35 | 41 kg |
| also 277 sheep or goat | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 121 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus" | ||