Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/3)
Basic information
Sample name: Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/3)
Reference: A. Nieto Espinet, J. B. López Melción, A. Gardeisen, and . Junyent. 2018. Votive well or refuse tip? Chronicle of an abandonment: taphonomic study of the faunal remains of an iron age well-cistern. Historical Biology 30(6):894-915 [ER 3836]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Catalonia
Coordinate: 41° 34' 6" N, 0° 57' 15" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00235
Min Ma: 0.00225
Age basis: other
Geography comments: coordinate based on the Wikipedia entry for Els Vilars
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics
Habitat comments: from an "access ramp" within a fortress that leads to a cistern (see sector 7/1)
there is "pottery" in this sector but presence of other archaeological features is not discusse
certainly a human accumulation
there is "pottery" in this sector but presence of other archaeological features is not discusse
certainly a human accumulation
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 119 specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 4190
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-28 16:05:50
Modified: 2023-03-28 05:05:50
Abundance distribution
8 species
2 singletons
total count 119
geometric series index: 12.6
Fisher's α: 1.935
geometric series k: 0.5599
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6799
Shannon's H: 1.4268
Good's u: 0.9833
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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