Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/1)
Basic information
Sample name: Fortress of Vilars (sector 7/1)
Reference: A. Nieto Espinet, J. B. López Melción, A. Gardeisen, and . Junyent. 2018. Votive well or refuse tip? Chronicle of an abandonment: taphonomic study of the faunal remains of an iron age well-cistern. Historical Biology 30(6):894-915 [ER 3836]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Catalonia
Coordinate: 42° 34' 6" N, 1° 57' 15" E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.00235
Min Ma: 0.00225
Age basis: other
Geography comments: coordinate based on the Wikipedia entry for Els Vilars
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear
the cistern "was used from at the end of the fifth century until its abandonment in the last quarter of the fourth century BCE" (approximately 400 to 300 BCE)
basis of dating is entirely unclear
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation, settlement
Archaeology: buildings, ceramics, hearths, metal tools, stone tools
Habitat comments: from "a large well-cistern (9 x 6 m by 9 m deep)" within a fortress
there are ceramics and "metal objects, construction material, lithic artefacts, malacofauna, organic matter, ashes and charcoal" in this sector
certainly a human accumulation
there are ceramics and "metal objects, construction material, lithic artefacts, malacofauna, organic matter, ashes and charcoal" in this sector
certainly a human accumulation
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 562 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 4189
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-28 16:00:06
Modified: 2023-03-28 05:03:42
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
2 singletons
total count 562
geometric series index: 12.0
Fisher's α: 1.522
geometric series k: 0.5119
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7295
Shannon's H: 1.5363
Good's u: 0.9964
Register
| Ovis aries (sheep) | 28 | |
| plus 140 sheep or goat | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus (wild goat) | 22 | |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus (pig) | 30 | |
| "Sus domesticus" | ||
| Bos taurus (cow) | 178 | |
| Equus ferus caballus (wild horse) | 80 | |
| "horse" | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 10 | 43.0 kg |
| "dog" | ||
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 1 | 43.0 kg |
| "wolf" | ||
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 212 | |
| "red deer" | ||
| Leporidae indet. | 1 | |
| "rabbit" | ||