Berenike Trogodytika (gate)
Basic information
Sample name: Berenike Trogodytika (gate)

Reference: M. Osypinska and M. Wozniak. 2019. Livestock economy at Berenike, a Hellenistic city on the Red Sea (Egypt). African Archaeological Review 36:367-382 [ER 3832]
Geography
Country: Egypt


Coordinate: 23° 54' 31" N, 35° 28' 21" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.0017

Min Ma: 0.00165

Age basis: other

Geography comments: coordinate based on Berenice Troglodytica
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: buildings

Habitat comments: "well-preserved remains of a stone gate... rebuilt into a large building"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 156 specimens

Years: 2010 - 2018

Sampling comments: fishes and molluscs were collected but are not detailed

Metadata
Sample number: 4184

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-24 18:22:57

Modified: 2023-03-24 07:22:57

Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 156
geometric series index: 12.1
Fisher's α: 2.078
geometric series k: 0.6148
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7837
Shannon's H: 1.7228
Good's u: 0.9937
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Register
Gallus gallus domesticus1329.1 g frugivore-granivore
also 13 Aves indet.
Gerbillinae indet.1
Acomys cahirinus3
Camelus dromedarius18448 kg
Equus africanus asinus2287 kg
"Equus asinus"
Sus scrofa domesticus2554 kg herbivore
Bos taurus49337 kg
"Bos primigenius domestica"
Ovis aries441 kg
also 216 sheep or goat
Capra aegagrus hircus4122 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus"