Gouwan
Basic information
Sample name: Gouwan
Sample aka: Xiaji
Reference: Y. Hou, J. Zhang, Y. Cao, and S. Jin. 2022. Faunal remains of the Yangshao period from the Gouwan site, Xichuan county, Henan province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 41(5):913-926 [ER 3811]
Geography
Country: China
State: Henan
County: Xichuan
Coordinate: 33.09° N, 111.48° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.007
Min Ma: 0.005
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: in Zhangying Village, Shangji Town, Xichuan County, about m from the east bank of the Laoguan River
coordinated estimated from a map based on Zhangying
from the Yangshao Culture period, which dates from 7000 to 5000 BP based on dates from this site and others nearby
coordinated estimated from a map based on Zhangying
from the Yangshao Culture period, which dates from 7000 to 5000 BP based on dates from this site and others nearby
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: bone tools, buildings, burials, ceramics, hearths, stone tools, other artifacts, other structures
Habitat comments: there more than 920 artefacts including ditches, house sites, ash pits, pottery kilns, shaft tombs, urn coffins, pottery, stone tools, bone and horn tools and jade
most of the remains are food waste, but there are three complete skeletons
there is no rodent damage and carnivore tooth marks are rare
some bones are burned
most of the remains are food waste, but there are three complete skeletons
there is no rodent damage and carnivore tooth marks are rare
some bones are burned
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, turtles, frogs, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 1840 specimens
Years: 2007 - 2009
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: excavation area was 5000 m2
the sediment was both quarried and sieved
bones were from ash pits, strata, house sites, trenches, kilns, tombs, and urn coffins
the sediment was both quarried and sieved
bones were from ash pits, strata, house sites, trenches, kilns, tombs, and urn coffins
Metadata
Sample no: 4156
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-12 15:35:43
Modified: 2023-03-12 04:35:43
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
22 species
7 singletons
total count 1840
geometric series index: 40.8
Fisher's α: 3.513
geometric series k: 0.7037
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2398
Shannon's H: 0.6656
Good's u: 0.9962
Register
| Bos sp. | 63 | |
| Sus scrofa domesticus (pig) | 1601 | |
| Caprinae indet. | 12 | |
| Ovis or Capra | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 45 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Rhinoceros sp. | 4 | |
| Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) | 4 | 425.0 kg |
| Elephas maximus (Asian elephant) | 1 | 3711.0 kg |
| Ursus sp. | 1 | |
| Felis sp. | 1 | |
| Cervus nippon (sika deer) | 2 | 103.0 kg |
| plus 262 indeterminate cervids | ||
| Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) | 2 | 11.0 kg |
| Lepus capensis | 2 | |
| Rattus norvegicus | 1 | 300.0 g |
| plus 1 indeterminate murid | ||
| Rhizomys sinensis | 44 | |
| Paguma larvata taivana (masked palm civet) | 3 | 4.0 kg |
| Arctonyx collaris (greater hog badger) | 3 | |
| Phasianus sp. | 5 | |
| Pelodiscus sinensis | 31 | |
| Mauremys reevesii | 12 | |
| "Chinemys reevesii" | ||
| Rana sp. | 1 | |
| Ctenopharyngodon idella | 1 | |
| "Ctenopharyngodon idellus": plus 18 indeterminate cyprinids | ||
| Siniperca chuatsi | 1 | |