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d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Hystrix' AND (species='indica' OR species='indica') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=3743 The Ecological Register: Vadnagar (Ghaskol Darwaza Area)
Vadnagar (Ghaskol Darwaza Area)
Basic information
Sample name: Vadnagar (Ghaskol Darwaza Area)

Reference: P. Goyal, P. P. Joglekar, and Y. S. Rawat. 2017. Animal remains from the formative stage of the settlement at Vadnagar, Mehsana District, Gujarat. In Rethinking the Past: A Tribute to Professor VN Misra (eds. S. G. Deo, A. Baptista, J. Joglekar), pp. 202-215 [ER 3374]
Geography
Country: India

State: Gujarat


Coordinate: 23° 47' N, 72° 39' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00245

Min Ma: 0.00225

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "The site of Vadnagar is located in the Mehsana district of Gujarat"
"The paper is based on the faunal material recovered from the formative phase of the settlement (pre 3rd century BC)"
This particular area of the site dates to the "5th/4th century BC to 3rd century BC" (500-300 BC)

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: bone tools,ceramics,metal tools,other artifacts

Habitat comments: "The paper is based on the faunal material recovered from the formative phase of the settlement (pre 3rd century BC)"
"Archaeological remains from this area indicate that regular human occupation in this part of the town began before 3rd century BC"
"Among the antiquities recovered from this period include punch marked coins, a small copper ring, bone points, glass beads, and terracotta objects"
"A fragmentary crucible with a vitrified surface containing speckles of iron" was also revealed
Cut marks were also present on a number of skeletal elements uncovered

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 45 specimens

Sampling comments: "Excavations at Vadnagar started in the year 2006" and "were carried out at seven different locations"
"An area measuring about 30 m x 25 m was excavated near the Ghaskol Darwaza" (this sample)
"All skeletal fragments were carefully collected. After removing adhering soil at the site itself, the bones were packed, labelled, and housed at a storage facility at Vadnagar"
The faunal analysis "was done at Vadnagar during a visit in 2012-13"

Metadata
Sample number: 3743

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2021-05-27 13:49:36

Modified: 2023-02-25 11:19:30

Abundance distribution
9 species
4 singletons
total count 45
extrapolated richness: 22.6
Fisher's α: 3.383
geometric series k: 0.6687
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6379
Shannon's H: 1.4639
Good's u: 0.9131
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