Takalghat
Basic information
Sample name: Takalghat

Sample aka: Khapa

Reference: R. Moorti. 1985. Socio-economic aspects of megalithic Vidarbha. Puratattva 15:56-67 [ER 3229]
Geography
Country: India

State: Maharashtra

Coordinate: 21° 55' N, 79° 54' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00275

Min Ma: 0.00225

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "on the river Krishna... in Nagpur district" (coordinate based on Takalghat)
also referred to as Khapa (see text and tables 5 and 6)
there are no geochronologic age estimates, but the Vidarbha megalithic culture eexisted from 300 to 800 BC based on calibrated radiocarbon dates on other sites (Thakuria 2014)

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: burials, ceramics, metal tools

Habitat comments: there no description of the sediments
material was recovered from "burials" near "Vidarbha megaliths"
there are metal objects and pottery but no stone objects

Methods
Life forms: rodents, ungulates, birds

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 288 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "excavated"

Metadata
Sample no: 3555

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-23 13:00:34

Modified: 2019-09-23 03:00:34

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
2 singletons
total count 288
geometric series index: 13.2
Fisher's α: 1.764
geometric series k: 0.5211
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5559
Shannon's H: 1.2192
Good's u: 0.9931
Register
Bos indicus (zebu)184
Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat)44
"Capra hircus"
Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo)21425.0 kg
Sus scrofa (pig)18
Ovis vignei (urial)9
Gallus sp. 8
Rattus rattus 2121.0 g
Equus ferus caballus (wild horse)1
"Equus caballus"
Cervus unicolor (sambar deer)1