Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/1)
Basic information
Sample name: Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/1)
Reference: A. Nieto Espinet, J. B. López Melción, A. Gardeisen, and . Junyent. 2018. Votive well or refuse tip? Chronicle of an abandonment: taphonomic study of the faunal remains of an iron age well-cistern. Historical Biology 30(6):894-915 [ER 3836]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Catalonia
Coordinate: 41° 34' 6" N, 0° 57' 15" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00235
Min Ma: 0.00225
Age basis: other
Geography comments: coordinate based on the Wikipedia entry for Els Vilars
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics,hearths,metal tools,stone tools
Habitat comments: from "a large well-cistern (9 x 6 m by 9 m deep)" within a fortress
there are ceramics and "metal objects, construction material, lithic artefacts, malacofauna, organic matter, ashes and charcoal" in this sector
certainly a human accumulation
there are ceramics and "metal objects, construction material, lithic artefacts, malacofauna, organic matter, ashes and charcoal" in this sector
certainly a human accumulation
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 562 specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 4189
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-28 16:00:06
Modified: 2023-03-28 05:03:42
Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 562
extrapolated richness: 12.0
Fisher's α: 1.522
geometric series k: 0.5119
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7295
Shannon's H: 1.5363
Good's u: 0.9964
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| "horse" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris | 10 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "dog" | ||
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Current reference:
Herzog et al. 2003 (ER 1261)