Khirsara (layer 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Khirsara (layer 1)

Sample aka: Gadhwali Wadi

Reference: P. P. Joglekar, G. S. Abhayan, J. Mungur-Medhi, and J. Nath. 2013. A glimpse of animal utilization pattern at Khirsara, Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 1:1-15 [ER 3231]
Geography
Country: India

State: Gujarat

Coordinate: 23° 27' N, 69° 3' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3231

Unit number: 1

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.00445

Min Ma: 0.00385

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: near "Khirsara, a small village in western Kachchh" and the site is "locally known" as Gadhwali Wadi
"the entire deposit belongs to the mature phase of Harappan culture" (i.e., 25000 to 1900 B.C.: Possehl 2000)

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: bone tools, buildings

Habitat comments: a "fortified settlement, trapezoidal in shape (roughly 310 x 230 m)"
"Four bone fragments" appear to be tools; other tools are not discussed

Methods
Life forms: ungulates, other small mammals, fishes

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 24 specimens

Years: 2010, 2011

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: excavated "since 2010" and the material was "found during the last two seasons of excavations"

Metadata
Sample no: 3558

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-09-23 18:03:48

Modified: 2023-04-29 02:20:43

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
7 species
3 singletons
total count 24
geometric series index: 20.1
Fisher's α: 3.322
geometric series k: 0.6368
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5652
Shannon's H: 1.3122
Good's u: 0.885
Register
Bos indicus (zebu)2
Caprinae indet.15
goat or sheep
Boselaphus tragocamelus (nilgai)2263.0 kg
Axis axis (chital)140.0 kg
Sus scrofa (pig)1
Lepus nigricollis 2
Osteichthyes indet.1
"fish-large"