Naikund
Basic information
Sample name: Naikund

Reference: R. Moorti. 1985. Socio-economic aspects of megalithic Vidarbha. Puratattva 15:56-67 [ER 3229]
Geography
Country: India

State: Maharashtra


Coordinate: 21° 22' N, 79° 12' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00275

Min Ma: 0.00225

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "on the Pench... in Nagpur district" (coordinate based on Naikund)
there are no geochronologic age estimates, but the Vidarbha megalithic culture eexisted from 300 to 800 BC based on calibrated radiocarbon dates on other sites (Thakuria 2014)

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: burials,ceramics,metal tools

Habitat comments: there no description of the sediments
material was recovered from "burials" near "Vidarbha megaliths"
there are metal objects and pottery but no stone objects

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 324 specimens

Sampling comments: "excavated"

Metadata
Sample number: 3556

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-23 13:05:36

Modified: 2019-09-23 03:05:36

Abundance distribution
9 species
0 singletons
total count 324
extrapolated richness: 10.5
Fisher's α: 1.715
geometric series k: 0.5547
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5064
Shannon's H: 1.1895
Good's u: 1.0000
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Bos taurus indicus223337 kg
"Bos indicus"
Capra aegagrus hircus3122 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus": may include sheep
Bubalus bubalis9425 kg
Sus scrofa1454 kg herbivore
Equus ferus caballus13422 kg
"Equus caballus"
Cervus unicolor21100 kg grazer-browser
Bos gaurus2481 kg
"gaur"
Canis lupus843 kg carnivore
dog or wolf
Leporidae indet.3
hare or rabbit