Muzhuzhuliang
Basic information
Sample name: Muzhuzhuliang
Sample aka: Shenmu
Reference: M.-M. Yang, S.-M. Hu, X. Guo, W. Wang, and T. Yang. 2022. Research on the faunal remains from Muzhuzhuliang Site in Shenmu city Shaanxi Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 41(3):394-405 [ER 3812]
Geography
Country: China
State: Shaanxi
Coordinate: 38.62° N, 109.99° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.003977
Min Ma: 0.003827
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: north of Muzhuzhuliang, about 3 km south of Yejihe Village, Dabaodang Town, Shenmu City
coordinate estimated based on projecting south from Yejihe Village
there is a calibrated radiocarbon date on an Equus ovodovi humerus of 3977 to 3827 BP
coordinate estimated based on projecting south from Yejihe Village
there is a calibrated radiocarbon date on an Equus ovodovi humerus of 3977 to 3827 BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,burials,hearths,other structures
Habitat comments: a settlement with ring moats, house sites, tombs, ash pits
most of the specimens are from ash pits and house sites
73 specimens have burn marks, 6 specimens have rodent damage, and at least one has carnivore damage
most of the specimens are from ash pits and house sites
73 specimens have burn marks, 6 specimens have rodent damage, and at least one has carnivore damage
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,turtles
Sample size: 2265 specimens
Years: 2011
Sampling comments: collecting methods are not discussed
Metadata
Sample number: 4157
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-12 16:01:12
Modified: 2023-03-12 05:01:12
Abundance distribution
26 species
5 singletons
total count 2265
geometric series index: 39.5
Fisher's α: 4.120
geometric series k: 0.7717
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8089
Shannon's H: 1.9118
Good's u: 0.9978
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Register
| Pelodiscus sp. | 1 | |
| Accipiter sp. | 3 | |
| Aquila sp. | 14 | |
| Bubo bubo | 1 | 2.4 kg |
| Phasianus colchicus | 4 | 1.3 kg granivore |
| plus 8 indeterminate birds | ||
| Eospalax fontanierii | 5 | |
| "Myospalax fontanieri" | ||
| Rattus norvegicus | 1 | 300 g |
| Lepus tolai | 108 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 174 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis lupus" | ||
| Canis lupus | 1 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Nyctereutes procyonoides | 2 | 4.2 kg invertivore-frugivore |
| Panthera tigris | 2 | 168 kg carnivore |
| Mustela sibirica | 2 | 557 g carnivore-invertivore |
| Meles leucurus | 3 | 10 kg invertivore-herbivore |
| "Meles meles" | ||
| Equus hemionus | 10 | grazer |
| †Equus ovodovi | 59 | |
| Sus scrofa | 12 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 484 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus domesticus" | ||
| Camelus sp. | 2 | |
| Capreolus pygargus | 17 | |
| "Capreolus capreolus" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 4 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| plus 8 indeterminate Cervus | ||
| Bos taurus | 476 | 337 kg |
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 222 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Ovis aries | 651 | 41 kg |
| plus 733 indeterminate caprines | ||
| Gazella subgutturosa | 6 | 17 kg grazer |