Zongri type-site (Layer 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Zongri type-site (Layer 3)
Reference: L. Ren, G. Dong, F. Liu, J. D'alpoim-Guedes, R. K. Flad, M. Ma, H. Li, Y. Yang, Y. Liu, D. Zhang, G. Li, J. Li, and F. Chen. 2020. Foraging and farming: archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological evidence for Neolithic exchange on the Tibetan Plateau. Antiquity 94(375):637-652 [ER 3369]
Geography
Country: China
State: Qinghai
County: Tongde County
Coordinate: 35° 25' N, 100° 20' E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3369
Unit number: 3
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.00391
Min Ma: 0.00386
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: Site is one of many located "in the eastern Gonghe Basin of the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, all located above 2600m asl"
"Ten charred millet seeds were selected from three cultural layers and two ash pits... for AMS radiocarbon dating"
Layer 3 radiocarbon dates range from 3910 to 3860 BP (2390-2335 cal. B.C.) "at 95.4% confidence"
"Ten charred millet seeds were selected from three cultural layers and two ash pits... for AMS radiocarbon dating"
Layer 3 radiocarbon dates range from 3910 to 3860 BP (2390-2335 cal. B.C.) "at 95.4% confidence"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools, burials, ceramics, hearths, stone tools, other artifacts
Habitat comments: Site was "first investigated in 1982 by the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology... yielded two burials and a pottery kiln" Further excavations conducted between 1994 and 1996 "uncovered a total of 341 tombs, 18 ash pits and 18 sacrificial pits, and over 30 000 artefacts, including ceramic sherds, lithics, animal remains and bone objects"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 185 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "In 2015, we excavated a small trench measuring 4 × 4m at the Zongri type-site, identifying three distinct cultural layers"
"Systematic archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological sampling was conducted for all features and layers encountered in the trench: 92 soil samples were taken... which contained 4150 charred plant seeds and 3132 fragments of animal bone"
"fragments of animal bones were floated from soil samples"
"Systematic archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological sampling was conducted for all features and layers encountered in the trench: 92 soil samples were taken... which contained 4150 charred plant seeds and 3132 fragments of animal bone"
"fragments of animal bones were floated from soil samples"
Metadata
Sample no: 3732
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-05-15 14:22:51
Modified: 2023-04-29 02:52:07
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
0 singleton
total count 185
geometric series index: 13.9
Fisher's α: 2.562
geometric series k: 0.6995
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6303
Shannon's H: 1.5034
Good's u: 1
Register
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 3 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Bos sp. | 4 | |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 18 | |
| Capreolus pygargus (Siberian roe deer) | 4 | |
| "Capreolus capreolus" | ||
| Moschus sp. | 9 | |
| Caprinae indet. | 107 | |
| Procapra gutturosa (Mongolian gazelle) | 4 | |
| Marmota bobak | 25 | |
| also 1 Rodentia indet. | ||
| Lepus sp. | 2 | |
| Panthera sp. | 3 | |
| also 5 Felidae indet. | ||
| Aves indet. | 6 | |