Ayn Qasiyya (Area A)
Basic information
Sample name: Ayn Qasiyya (Area A)

Reference: T. Richter, L. Maher, J. Stock, S. Allcock, M. Jones, L. Martin, and B. Thorne. 2009. New light on final Pleistocene settlement diversity in the Azraq Basin (Jordan): Recent excavations at 'Ayn Qasiyya. Paléorient 35(2):49-68 [ER 3100]
Geography
Country: Jordan

Coordinate: 32° 50' N, 37° 49' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Max Ma: 0.01969

Min Ma: 0.017495

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: at the edge of the town of Azraq es-Shishan (coordinate based on Azraq Wetland Reserve)
there are three uncalibrated dates on this unit: 17, 555 +/- 75 ybp; 17, 495 +/- 70 ybp; and 19, 690 +/- 150 ybp

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Environment
Lithology: mudstone

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: stone tools

Habitat comments: most or all of the material is from Unit IIIa, "a dark, richly organic marsh deposit with large numbers of archaeological artefacts, particularly flint and bone" (assumed to be a mudstone)
the assemblage is interpreted as mostly accumulated by hunters

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 544 specimens

Years: 2005 - 2008

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "intensive dry- and wet-sieving" was carried out on the excavated sediments
"bird, reptile and amphibian remains are yet to be identified"

Metadata
Sample no: 3383

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-28 19:30:10

Modified: 2023-02-24 12:11:23

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
1 singleton
total count 544
geometric series index: 12.3
Fisher's α: 1.74
geometric series k: 0.5668
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5978
Shannon's H: 1.3689
Good's u: 0.9982
Register
†Bos primigenius (aurochs)34
Equus sp. 37
Sus scrofa (pig)8
Gazella sp. 331
Canis sp. 13
Vulpes sp. 14
Lepus sp. 31
Hystrix sp. 2
Arvicola sp. 73
Meriones sp. 1