Berenike Trogodytika (dump)
Basic information
Sample name: Berenike Trogodytika (dump)
Reference: M. Osypinska and M. Wozniak. 2019. Livestock economy at Berenike, a Hellenistic city on the Red Sea (Egypt). African Archaeological Review 36:367-382 [ER 3832]
Geography
Country: Egypt
Coordinate: 24° 55' 31" N, 35° 28' 21" E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.0017
Min Ma: 0.00165
Age basis: other
Geography comments: coordinate based on Berenice Troglodytica
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, midden, settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: "dump sites" that "were associated with the residential quarter of Berenike"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds
Excluded forms: fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 648 specimens
Years: 2010 - 2018
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: fishes and molluscs were collected but are not detailed
Metadata
Sample no: 4183
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-24 18:21:03
Modified: 2023-03-24 07:24:12
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
12 species
1 singleton
total count 648
geometric series index: 13.9
Fisher's α: 2.091
geometric series k: 0.6991
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8484
Shannon's H: 2.0842
Good's u: 0.9985
Register
| Gallus gallus domesticus | 17 | |
| also 18 Aves indet. | ||
| Coturnix coturnix | 1 | 90.0 g |
| Acomys cahirinus | 26 | |
| Gazella dorcas (dorcas gazelle) | 46 | 12.0 kg |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 69 | 43.0 kg |
| Felis catus (domestic cat) | 14 | |
| Loxodonta sp. | 3 | |
| assigned to the genus in the text | ||
| Equus africanus asinus (African wild ass) | 149 | |
| "Equus asinus" | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus (pig) | 56 | |
| Bos taurus (cow) | 62 | |
| "Bos primigenius domestica" | ||
| Ovis aries (sheep) | 51 | |
| also 264 sheep or goat | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 154 | |
| "Capra hircus" | ||