Noviodunum (TPF sector, Roman period)
Basic information
Sample name: Noviodunum (TPF sector, Roman period)
Reference: S. Stanc, A.-D. Stanica, L. Bejenaru, and M. Danu. 2021. Archaeological animal remains from Noviodunum fortress. International Journal of Conservation Science 12(1):195-204 [ER 3952]
Geography
Country: Romania
County: Tulcea
Coordinate: 45° 16' 12" N, 28° 39' 30" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00185
Min Ma: 0.00155
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "about 3 km east of the actual town of Isaccea... from the TPF sector of Noviodunum" (coordinate based on Noviodunum)
"The identified Roman complexes (2nd-4th centuries AD) were of two types - funerary monuments and household pits, and the archaeozoological material has been discovered in the last ones"
"The identified Roman complexes (2nd-4th centuries AD) were of two types - funerary monuments and household pits, and the archaeozoological material has been discovered in the last ones"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: there are many "Culturally derived fractured bones" and also "burn marks" and traces left by the teeth of other animals (dog most often"), so the "remains have a cultural origin"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 854 specimens
Years: 2014
Sampling comments: "The faunal remains were hand-collected and not sieved"
Metadata
Sample number: 4359
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-25 15:27:49
Modified: 2023-08-25 05:39:46
Abundance distribution
16 species
1 singleton
total count 854
geometric series index: 20.0
Fisher's α: 2.794
geometric series k: 0.6632
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6580
Shannon's H: 1.5963
Good's u: 0.9988
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