An Son
Basic information
Sample name: An Son
Reference: P. Bellwood, M. Oxenham, C. H. Bui, K. D. Nguyen, A. Willis, C. Sarjeant, P. Piper, H. Matsumura, K. Tanaka, N. Beavan-Athfield, T. Higham, Q. M. Nguyen, N. K. Dang, K. T. K. Nguyen, T. H. Vo, N. B. Van, T. K. Q. Tran, Nguyen, Campos, Sato, Nguyen, and Amano. 2011. An Son and the Neolithic of southern Vietnam. Asian Perspectives 50(1/2):144-175 [ER 3814]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
State: Long An
Coordinate: 10° 57' 46" N, 106° 17' 48" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00399
Min Ma: 0.002953
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: on the edge of the Vam Co Dong River in An Nihn Tay commune, Duc Hoa District, south-southeast of Loc Giang (coordinate based on An Nihn Tay)
there are 32 uncalibrated 14C dates ranging from 3990 +/- 80 to 2953 +/- 20 BP
there are 32 uncalibrated 14C dates ranging from 3990 +/- 80 to 2953 +/- 20 BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: bone tools,burials,ceramics,hearths,stone tools
Habitat comments: a 4 m mound above natural alluvium covering about 1.5 ha
"most of the stratigraphy" resulted from addition of alluvial soil to "occupation floors"
soil concretions indicate "intensive cooking" and many of the radiocarbon dates are on charcoal
there are numerous potsherds, many more complete pottery pieces, stone tools, clay pellets used for hunting, shell beads, a bone fishhook, and seven burials
"most of the stratigraphy" resulted from addition of alluvial soil to "occupation floors"
soil concretions indicate "intensive cooking" and many of the radiocarbon dates are on charcoal
there are numerous potsherds, many more complete pottery pieces, stone tools, clay pellets used for hunting, shell beads, a bone fishhook, and seven burials
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,lizards,turtles,other reptiles,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 560 specimens
Years: 2009
Sampling comments: there were earlier excavations in 1938, 1978, 1997, 2004, and 2007 but all the reported material was collected in 2009 from three long nearby trenches
"wet sieving using 2 mm sieves" was used
"wet sieving using 2 mm sieves" was used
Metadata
Sample number: 4159
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-12 20:32:48
Modified: 2023-03-12 09:32:48
Abundance distribution
31 species
3 singletons
total count 560
geometric series index: 43.0
Fisher's α: 7.070
geometric series k: 0.8552
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8941
Shannon's H: 2.6127
Good's u: 0.9947
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Register
| Clupeidae indet. | 4 | |
| Engraulidae indet. | 3 | |
| Cyprinidae indet. | 3 | |
| Bagridae indet. | 7 | |
| Wallago attu | 8 | |
| Pangasiidae indet. | 3 | |
| Clariidae indet. | 17 | |
| Belonidae indet. | 2 | |
| Synbranchidae indet. | 65 | |
| Mastacembelidae indet. | 14 | |
| Lates calcarifer | 13 | |
| Chandidae indet. | 10 | |
| Pristolepis fasciata | 2 | |
| Eleotridae indet. | 3 | |
| Anabas testudineus | 53 | |
| Belontia sp. | 1 | |
| Channidae indet. | 66 | |
| Cuora spp. | 4 | |
| plus 1070 indeterminate geoemydids | ||
| Cyclemys dentata | 2 | |
| Hieremys cf. annandalii | 1 | |
| Trionychidae indet. | 7 | |
| Varanus cf. salvator | 40 | |
| Crocodylus cf. porosus | 12 | |
| Cercopithecidae indet. | 3 | |
| Rattus spp. | 5 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 109 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Viverridae indet. | 1 | |
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 83 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "domestic" Sus scrofa | ||
| Tragulus napu | 3 | 2.6 kg frugivore |
| Muntiacus spp. | 2 | |
| Cervus sp. | 14 | |
| Cervus or Rusa | ||