Huaca Colorada (Zone A)
Basic information
Sample name: Huaca Colorada (Zone A)

Reference: A. K. Alaica. 2018. Partial and complete deposits and depictions: Social zooarchaeology, iconography and the role of animals in Late Moche Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science 20:864-872 [ER 3425]
Geography
Country: Peru



Coordinate: -7.40° S, -79.45° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.0013

Min Ma: 0.0011

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "Late Moche... AD650-850" based on ceramics

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,metal tools,other artifacts

Habitat comments: "aa 20-m high pyramidal mound"
there is pottery and "copper slag and spindle whorls for the production of copper and textiles"
burials, hearths, and stone tools are present in the overall site, but Swenson et al. (2012) do not make clear if they are present in Zone A

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,birds,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1874 specimens

Metadata
Sample number: 3807

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-12 10:42:56

Modified: 2021-06-12 00:43:54

Abundance distribution
17 species
0 singletons
total count 1874
geometric series index: 20.6
Fisher's α: 2.580
geometric series k: 0.6729
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5860
Shannon's H: 1.3237
Good's u: 1.0000
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Register
Mustelus sp.2
Rhinobatos planiceps3
Sardinops sagax2
Mugil cephalus17
Paralonchurus peruanus66
Sciaena deliciosa2
Anisotremus scapularis6
Phalacrocorax bougainvilillii101
Sula variegata71.4 kg
Pelecanus sp.7
Zenaida asiatica5153 g granivore-frugivore
Cavia porcellus26
Canis lupus familiaris38943 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Lycalopex sechurae3
"Pseudelopex sechurae"
Otaria sp.29
Odocoileus virginianus7875 kg herbivore
Lama sp.1131