Mullerup (waste)
Basic information
Sample name: Mullerup (waste)
Sample aka: Sarauw's Island
Reference: C. Leduc. 2013. Ungulates exploitation for subsistence and raw material, during the Maglemose culture in Denmark: the example of Mullerup site (Sarauw's Island) in Sjaelland. Danish Journal of Archaeology 1(1):62-81 [ER 3837]
Geography
Country: Denmark
Coordinate: 55.49° N, 11.21° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.00831
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: shown at the western edge of Zealand in Fig. 1
coordinate based on the town of Mullerup
there several older "radiocarbon dates" (uncalibrated values not reported) plus a "recent Accelerator Mass Spectrometry radiocarbon date result on a human femur" of 8310 +/- 55 BP
coordinate based on the town of Mullerup
there several older "radiocarbon dates" (uncalibrated values not reported) plus a "recent Accelerator Mass Spectrometry radiocarbon date result on a human femur" of 8310 +/- 55 BP
Environment
Lithology: peat
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,lake deposit,settlement
Archaeology: bone tools,stone tools
Habitat comments: from a "peat layer" interpreted as "a settlement site" with "lithic production, bone tool manufacture, and subsistence activities" and the assemblage represents "a large refuse area in the lake"
it is not clear what kind of structures were present in the "dwelling area" shown in Fig. 2
it is not clear what kind of structures were present in the "dwelling area" shown in Fig. 2
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 245 specimens
Years: 1900
Sampling comments: a reanalysis of a historic collection
there was apparently a "lack of sieving" based on the size of the recovered fragments
a single Emys orbicularis specimen is presumed to be from the "unidentified" assemblage (see)
there was apparently a "lack of sieving" based on the size of the recovered fragments
a single Emys orbicularis specimen is presumed to be from the "unidentified" assemblage (see)
Metadata
Sample number: 4192
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-28 16:35:30
Modified: 2023-03-28 05:42:17
Abundance distribution
8 species
3 singletons
total count 245
geometric series index: 14.1
Fisher's α: 1.585
geometric series k: 0.5029
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6375
Shannon's H: 1.2193
Good's u: 0.9878
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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