Vat Komnou
Basic information
Sample name: Vat Komnou

Sample aka: Angkor Borei

Reference: R. M. Ikehara-Quebral, M. T. Stark, W. Belcher, V. Voeun, J. Krigbaum, R. A. Bentley, M. T. Douglas, and M. Pietrusewsky. 2017. Biocultural practices during the transition to history at the Vat Komnou cemetary, Angkor Borei, Cambodia. Asian Perspectives 56(2):191-236 [ER 3796]
Geography
Country: Cambodia

State: Takeo

Coordinate: 11° 60' 42" N, 105° 58' 29" E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.00215

Min Ma: 0.00175

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "5-10 m above sea level on a marine terrace in the upper portion of the Mekong River delta plain"
coordinate based on Angkor Borei
"from 200 B.C.E.-200 C.E." apparently based on cultural affinities, because actual dates are not discussed

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: buildings, burials, ceramics

Habitat comments: from a cemetery (Vat Komnou) within "an ancient settlement of brick architectural monuments" with "Human skeletal remains", beads, and ceramics

Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, other reptiles, frogs, fishes, clams, snails

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 17461 specimens

Years: 1996, 1999, 2000

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Metadata
Sample no: 4129

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-02-25 14:57:04

Modified: 2023-02-25 04:09:23

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
69 species
7 singletons
total count 17461
geometric series index: 87.0
Fisher's α: 9.131
geometric series k: 0.8815
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8323
Shannon's H: 2.3096
Good's u: 0.9996
Register
Sus scrofa (pig)5304
Bos gaurus (gaur)57481.0 kg
"Bos gaur"
Bos sp. 277
"Bos taurus and Bos indicus"
Capricornis sumatraensis (mainland serow)1
"Nemorhaedus sumatraensis"
Bubalus arnee (wild water buffalo)79
Muntiacus muntjak (southern red muntjac)19119.0 kg
Cervus unicolor (sambar deer)118
Tragulus napu (greater mouse-deer)42.6 kg
Axis porcinus (Indian hog deer)8135.0 kg
Rattus argentiventer 361
Prionailurus viverrinus (fishing cat)78.2 kg
Panthera sp. 6
Paradoxurus sp. 97
Callosciurus sp. 39
Canis aureus (golden jackal)349.9 kg
Nesolagus sp. 5
Vespertilionidae indet.53
"Corynorhinus" (certainly wrong)
Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)23711.0 kg
Gallus gallus 139
Ardea sp. 25
Ardeola bacchus 9332.0 g
Amaurornis phoenicurus 7180.0 g
Pelecanus onocrotalus 411.0 kg
Pavo sp. 2
Carpospiza sp. 2
tentatively referred
Rhizoprionodon acutus 8
Channa striata 3423
Channa micropeltes 583
Clarias meladerma 639
Mystus nemurus 162
Mystus cf. wolffi 64
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus 41
Ompok bimaculatus 1
Wallago attu 29
Pristolepis fasciata 14
Trichogaster trichoperus 92
Trichogaster pectoralis 13
Anabas testudineus 1996
Cyclocheilichthys enoplos 11
Cyprenus species 18
Puntioplites proctozysron 9
Boesemania microlepis 7
Laides sp. 4
tentatively referred
Chatila ornata 4
Notopterus notopterus 3
Lates calcarifer 3
Lycothrissa crocodilus 3
Euryglossa panoides 1
Probarbus jullieni 1
Monopterus albus 115
Malayemys subtrijuga 2448
Hieremys annandalii 159
Batagur baska 35
Amyda cartilaginea 30
"Trionyx cartilaginous"
Indotestudo enlongata 10
Ptyas sp. 4
tentatively referred
Crocodylus siamensis 4
Rana sp. 2
Pomacea bridgesii 387
Pila ampullaceal 117
Alasmidonta sp. 41
Turbo petholata 30
Corbicula fluminea 27
Venus verrucosa 8
Melanoides tuberculata 6
Tridacna gigas 2
Arca granulosa 1
Margaritifera margaritifera 1
Cypraea sp. 1