Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, second phase)
Basic information
Sample name: Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, second phase)
Reference: H. Baron, A. E. Reuter, and N. Markovic. 2019. Rethinking ruralization in terms of resilience: Subsistence strategies in sixth-century Caricin Grad in the light of plant and animal bone finds. Quaternary International 499:112-128 [ER 3827]
Geography
Country: Serbia
Coordinate: 42° 54' 23" N, 21° 42' 56" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3827
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.001385
Min Ma: 0.00135
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "from the southeastern corner tower of the lower town"
exact coordinate listed by UNESCO
from "the second half of the sixth century" after 565 AD
exact coordinate listed by UNESCO
from "the second half of the sixth century" after 565 AD
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: numerous "agricultural tools" were found elsewhere in the fortification, but it is not clear whether any were found in this exact site
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 220 specimens
Years: 2002 - 2008
Sampling comments: excavation with "intensive dry sieving (6 mm, 3 mm, 1 mm mesh sizes)"
Metadata
Sample number: 4175
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-16 09:16:25
Modified: 2023-05-30 06:17:26
Abundance distribution
17 species
3 singletons
total count 220
geometric series index: 27.5
Fisher's α: 4.299
geometric series k: 0.7570
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7807
Shannon's H: 1.9442
Good's u: 0.9865
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| Bos taurus | 39 | 337 kg |
| "Bos primigenius taurus" | ||
| Ovis aries | 11 | 41 kg |
| "Ovis ammon aries" | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 4 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| plus 115 indeterminate Ovis or Aries | ||
| Felis catus | 2 | |
| "Felis silvestris catus" | ||
| Equus ferus caballus | 3 | 422 kg |
| Equus africanus asinus | 1 | 287 kg |
| plus 11 indeterminate Equus | ||
| Camelus sp. | 2 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 9 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Gallus gallus domesticus | 33 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
| "Gallus gallus domestica" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 17 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| Capreolus capreolus | 3 | 22 kg browser |
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 86 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus scrofa domestica" | ||
| Lepus europaeus | 2 | 3.4 kg herbivore |
| Castor fiber | 2 | |
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Anas platyrhynchos | 4 | 35.3 g granivore |
| Falco sp. | 1 | |