Mullerup (bone tools)
Basic information
Sample name: Mullerup (bone tools)

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

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

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 88 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)

Metadata
Sample number: 4191

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-28 16:29:36

Modified: 2023-03-28 05:37:34

Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 88
geometric series index: 9.5
Fisher's α: 1.787
geometric series k: 0.5584
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7623
Shannon's H: 1.6126
Good's u: 0.9889
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Cervus elaphus33142 kg browser-grazer
includes 24 antlers
Capreolus capreolus1722 kg browser
includes 16 antlers
Alces alces16421 kg herbivore
includes 5 antlers
Sus scrofa1054 kg herbivore
"wild boar"
Bos primigenius9
Canis lupus familiaris243 kg carnivore
"dog" or "Canis familiaris"
Podiceps cristatus129.5 g