Godedzor Level II B
Basic information
Sample name: Godedzor Level II B
Reference: G. Palumbi, I. Kalantaryan, A. Balasescu, O. Barge, J. Chahoud, R. Hovsepyan, K. Meliksetian, P. Avetisyan, and C. Chataigner. 2021. Early pastoralism and natural resource management: recent research at Godedzor. In On Salt, Copper and Gold: The Origins of Early Mining and Metallurgy in the Caucasus (eds. C. Marro, T. Stöllner), - [ER 3944]
Geography
Country: Armenia
Coordinate: 39° 29' N, 46° 8' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.00474
Min Ma: 0.004545
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in the valley of the Vorotan river... on the high volcanic plateau of Syunik" (coordinate based on Vorotan)
ten uncalibrated 14C dates on this level range from 4740 +/- 45 to 4545 +/- 30 BP
ten uncalibrated 14C dates on this level range from 4740 +/- 45 to 4545 +/- 30 BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement
Archaeology: buildings, ceramics
Habitat comments: there are "two circular stone structures" that are "buildings" connected "to a posthole floor" with "two half-interred jars"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 945 specimens
Years: 2008 - 2013
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "a sieving test of 40 litres of sediments was conducted during the season of 2013" (level unclear) but the excavation of "animal remains" was from 2008 to 2013 overall
Metadata
Sample no: 4349
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-22 22:02:30
Modified: 2023-08-23 03:20:27
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
21 species
5 singletons
total count 945
geometric series index: 32.9
Fisher's α: 3.805
geometric series k: 0.726
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5693
Shannon's H: 1.4427
Good's u: 0.9947
Register
| Bos taurus (cow) | 605 | |
| plus 9 Bos and 27 Bos or Bison | ||
| Ovis aries (sheep) | 84 | |
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 42 | |
| "Capra hircus": plus 1133 Ovis or Capra | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus (pig) | 11 | |
| "Sus domesticus": plus 12 Sus | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 21 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Ovis sp. | 1 | |
| "wild" | ||
| Capra sp. | 1 | |
| "wild": plus 32 Ovis or Capra "wild" | ||
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 2 | |
| Equus sp. | 1 | |
| †Bos primigenius (aurochs) | 18 | |
| Bison bonasus (European bison) | 16 | |
| "Bison bison" | ||
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 86 | |
| plus 3 cervid "antler" | ||
| Gazella sp. | 5 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 2 | 43.0 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 1 | |
| Meles meles (European badger) | 26 | 11.0 kg |
| Mustelidae indet. | 11 | |
| Felis sp. | 1 | |
| Castor fiber | 2 | |
| Lepus europaeus | 5 | 3.4 kg |
| Aves indet. | 4 | |
| "birds" | ||