Sample name: Doukanet el Khoutifa

Reference: N. Aouadi, Y. Dridi, and W. B. Dhia. 2014. Holocene environment and subsistence patterns from Capsian and Neolithic sites in Tunisia. Quaternary International 320:3-14 [ER 3150]

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement

Archaeology: hearths, stone tools

Habitat comments: "Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one (thickness 1.6 m)"
this is a "rammadiyah... an enormous accumulation of ash, land snail shells, burned stones, lithic artifacts and faunal remains"

Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 330 specimens

Sampled by: Zoughlami

Years: 1973 - 1976

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "the site of Doukanet el Khoutifa in the Siliana region, is composed of a shelter with a vast terrace of 2200 m2and was excavated by Zoughlami between 1973 and 1976 in Sectors 1 and 2(Zoughlami, 2009)."

"Two main levels are distinguished from bottom to top: a Yellow level (thickness 0.4 m) and a Dark one(thickness 1.6 m), both belonging to the Neolithic and dating between the 8th (6750-200 BP, 7266-7970 cal BP) and the first half of the 7th millennium cal BP (6000
100 BP, 6638e7158 cal BP) (Zoughlami, 2009)"

Sample no: 3446

Contributor no: Aniko Toth

Enterer: Aniko Toth

Created: 2019-09-01 22:00:02

Modified: 2019-09-09 03:10:27