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ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Potamon' AND (junior_species='potamios' OR junior_species='potamios')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Potamon' AND (species='potamios' OR species='potamios') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Potamon' AND (species='potamios' OR species='potamios')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Potamon' AND (junior_species='potamios' OR junior_species='potamios')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Potamon' AND (species='potamios' OR species='potamios') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Trionyx' AND (junior_species='triunguis' OR junior_species='triunguis')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Trionyx' AND (species='triunguis' OR species='triunguis') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Trionyx' AND (species='triunguis' OR species='triunguis')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Trionyx' AND (junior_species='triunguis' OR junior_species='triunguis')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Trionyx' AND (species='triunguis' OR species='triunguis') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=4004 The Ecological Register: Yiftah'el
Yiftah'el
Basic information
Sample name: Yiftah'el

Reference: L. Sapir-Hen, T. Dayan, H. Khalaily, and N. D. Munro. 2016. Human hunting and nascent animal management at Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic Yiftah'el, Israel. PLoS ONE 11(7):e0156964 [ER 3753]
Geography
Country: Israel


Coordinate: 32° 45' 19" N, 35° 13' 40" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.01038

Min Ma: 0.00908

Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)

Geography comments: "The site of Yiftah'el is located at the western fringe of the Beit Netofa Valley, Lower Galilee, Israel, approximately 25 km east of the city of Haifa and about 8 km west of Nazareth. The site is estimated to extend over 4 ha, and is c. 145 m above present-day sea level".
"The main occupational period at Yiftah'el dates to the Mid-Late PPNB, from roughly 9000-10,000 cal. BP".

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings,burials,hearths,stone tools,other artifacts,other structures

Habitat comments: "Approximately 2,000 m2 of the main occupational period at Yiftah'el has been excavated. The PPNB buildings display a rectilinear plan with mud-brick and/or stone walls. Elements present within the structures include constructed hearths, pits, installations and burials. All of the structures have thick lime-plastered floors".
"The material remains recovered from the site are extremely rich and include more than ten tons of lithics (flint artefacts consisting of arrowheads, sickleblades, axes, burins and naviform cores), botanical and faunal remains, among others. Notably, a cache of three plastered skulls deposited in a pit were recovered from Area I".

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,snakes,turtles,frogs,fishes,crustaceans

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 5291 specimens

Years: 1982 - 1983, 2007 - 2008

Sampling comments: "The site of Yiftah'el was discovered in January 1982 when the first excavation of around 80 m2 (Area D) was undertaken. Further remains were uncovered in 1983 from three new areas, with one (Area C) being contemporaneous with Area D.
A total of 185 m2 was excavated from Area C. All mid-PPNB sediment from Areas C and D was sieved through 5 mm mesh".
"The more recent 2007–2008 excavations at Yiftah’el were initiated in response to further expansion of Highway 77. Four more areas (F, G, H and I) were opened during these excavations, with most faunal material originating from Areas G and I. Bones were retrieved by hand, except for floor contexts which were sieved through 5mm mesh".
The counts below correspond to all identified remains recovered from Areas C and D (obtained from Horwitz 2003) as well as Areas G and I (from Sapir-Hen et al. 2016).

Metadata
Sample number: 4004

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-10-10 18:56:10

Modified: 2022-10-10 08:12:36

Abundance distribution
26 species
4 singletons
total count 5291
extrapolated richness: 35.3
Fisher's α: 3.559
geometric series k: 0.7273
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6718
Shannon's H: 1.6078
Good's u: 0.9992
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Gazella gazella286721 kg
Capra aegagrus42022 kg browser-grazer
Bos primigenius450
Sus scrofa52254 kg herbivore
Cervus elaphus13104 kg
Capreolus capreolus322 kg browser
also 18 Cervidae indet.
Lepus capensis99
Vulpes vulpes4165.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Felis lybica21
"Felis silvestris"; also 34 Felis sp.
Martes foina181.3 kg carnivore-frugivore
Vormela peregusna1356 g
Mustela nivalis177.5 g carnivore
Herpestes ichneumon52.9 kg carnivore-insectivore
Meles meles211 kg invertivore-herbivore
also 1 Mustelidae indet.
Canis lupus familiaris743 kg carnivore
Erinaceus concolor5
Rodentia indet.8
Alectoris chukar29541 g omnivore
Falconiformes indet.1
Passeriformes indet.15
also 21 Aves indet.
Testudo graeca360
Serpentes indet.3
Pisces indet.7
Amphibia indet.2
presumably frogs
Potamon potamios15
Trionyx triunguis1