Khirbat al-Mudayna al-'Aliya
Basic information
Sample name: Khirbat al-Mudayna al-'Aliya
Reference: B. W. Porter, B. E. Routledge, E. M. Simmons, and J. S. E. Lev-Tov. 2014. Extensification in a Mediterranean semi-arid marginal zone: An archaeological case study from Early Iron Age Jordan's Eastern Karak Plateau. Journal of Arid Environments 104:132-148 [ER 3822]
Geography
Country: Jordan
Coordinate: 31.31° N, 35.86° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.003055
Min Ma: 0.002966
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "19 km northeast of the modern town of al-Karak"
see Fig. 1
"AMS dating of the organic samples (n = 29) indicates the settlement was occupied for no more than a century during what is known as the Iron Age IB period... between 1105 and 1016 BCE" (calibrated)
see Fig. 1
"AMS dating of the organic samples (n = 29) indicates the settlement was occupied for no more than a century during what is known as the Iron Age IB period... between 1105 and 1016 BCE" (calibrated)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,metal tools,stone tools,other artifacts
Habitat comments: "a 2.2 ha settlement" including buildings and "fortification walls"
"Ceramic vessels were the most abundant object type... Ground stone tools and vessels related to grain processing are the next most abundant... Only three metal objects were recovered... Several small-beads of calcite crystal were also recovered"
"Ceramic vessels were the most abundant object type... Ground stone tools and vessels related to grain processing are the next most abundant... Only three metal objects were recovered... Several small-beads of calcite crystal were also recovered"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,fishes,crustaceans
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 191 specimens
Years: 1999 - 2004
Sampling comments: "All excavated soils were sieved through five-millimeter mesh screens"
archaeobotanical remains are listed in extreme detail
archaeobotanical remains are listed in extreme detail
Metadata
Sample number: 4168
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-15 17:42:05
Modified: 2023-03-15 06:45:42
Abundance distribution
13 species
5 singletons
total count 191
geometric series index: 23.9
Fisher's α: 3.156
geometric series k: 0.6813
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6755
Shannon's H: 1.5904
Good's u: 0.9738
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Potamon potamios | 100 | |
| Osteichthyes indet. | 1 | |
| Pelecanimorphae indet. | 1 | |
| heron or stork | ||
| Passeriformes indet. | 1 | |
| plus 10 unidentified birds | ||
| Rodentia indet. | 12 | |
| Erinaceidae indet. | 1 | |
| tentatively identified | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris | 3 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 1 | 104 kg |
| Bos taurus | 11 | 337 kg |
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 6 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus scrofa" (implied to be domesticated) | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 10 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Ovis aries | 8 | 41 kg |
| plus 229 sheep or goat fossils | ||
| Equus sp. | 36 | |