Early ed-Dur (50 BC - 150 AD)
Basic information
Sample name: Early ed-Dur (50 BC - 150 AD)
Reference: W. Van Neer, A. Gautier, E. Haerinck, W. Wouters, and E. Kaptijn. 2017. Animal exploitation at ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 28(1):11-30 [ER 3654]
Geography
Country: United Arab Emirates
State: Umm Al Quwain
Coordinate: 25° 31' 20" N, 55° 37' 34" E
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.002
Min Ma: 0.0018
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "The site of ed-Dur is located on the shore of the lagoon of Umm al-Qaiwain (UAE)"
"The terrain consists of several low sand dunes and the site sprawls over an area of some 5 km2 overlooking Al Beidha Lake"
"The excavations show that the site was inhabited mainly during the first and second centuries of the first millennium AD"
"The early ed-Dur occupation phase spans the late first century BC–first half of the second century AD"
"The terrain consists of several low sand dunes and the site sprawls over an area of some 5 km2 overlooking Al Beidha Lake"
"The excavations show that the site was inhabited mainly during the first and second centuries of the first millennium AD"
"The early ed-Dur occupation phase spans the late first century BC–first half of the second century AD"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,burials,ceramics,metal tools,other artifacts,other structures
Habitat comments: "Throughout the site of ed-Dur remains of burials have been found and a relatively small number of buildings remain"
"Some 500 stone-built tombs have been excavated, with grave goods discovered including drinking sets, Roman glass, weaponry, pottery, jewellery and ivory objects"
Other settlement remains, bronze statues, a large temple, jewellery and pottery, have been unearthed at the site, dating back to the 1st century CE.
"Some 500 stone-built tombs have been excavated, with grave goods discovered including drinking sets, Roman glass, weaponry, pottery, jewellery and ivory objects"
Other settlement remains, bronze statues, a large temple, jewellery and pottery, have been unearthed at the site, dating back to the 1st century CE.
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,other small mammals,birds,turtles,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 4136 specimens
Years: 1987 - 1994
Sampling comments: "Between 1987 and 1994 excavations took place in an area measuring 1.5 km north-west to south-east and 1 km south-west to north-east"
"These excavations were conducted by an international consortium of teams from four countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, UK"
"Identification of the faunal remains was partly carried out in the field during the 1990 and 1991 seasons and the 1995 study season when the 1992–1994 material was processed"
"From those seasons, all fish remains, and some pieces of the other vertebrate groups difficult to identify in the field, were brought to Belgium for comparison with the reference collections"
Most of the material from the earlier seasons (1987–1989) was identified at Ghent University"
"All of the material has been hand-collected except for two small assemblages from closed contexts excavated in 1991, and sieved on a 2 mm mesh"
"The high percentage of unidentifiable bone reflects the poor state of preservation of the material, a result of marked surface weathering in the arid climate of ed-Dur"
"Calcareous concretions coat most of the bones, obscuring any traces of butchering that might be present on some bone surfaces"
"These excavations were conducted by an international consortium of teams from four countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, UK"
"Identification of the faunal remains was partly carried out in the field during the 1990 and 1991 seasons and the 1995 study season when the 1992–1994 material was processed"
"From those seasons, all fish remains, and some pieces of the other vertebrate groups difficult to identify in the field, were brought to Belgium for comparison with the reference collections"
Most of the material from the earlier seasons (1987–1989) was identified at Ghent University"
"All of the material has been hand-collected except for two small assemblages from closed contexts excavated in 1991, and sieved on a 2 mm mesh"
"The high percentage of unidentifiable bone reflects the poor state of preservation of the material, a result of marked surface weathering in the arid climate of ed-Dur"
"Calcareous concretions coat most of the bones, obscuring any traces of butchering that might be present on some bone surfaces"
Metadata
Sample number: 3839
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-08-28 13:11:07
Modified: 2021-08-28 03:17:06
Abundance distribution
67 species
17 singletons
total count 4136
geometric series index: 107.3
Fisher's α: 11.355
geometric series k: 0.8999
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8925
Shannon's H: 2.7709
Good's u: 0.9959
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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