Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 3B)
Basic information
Sample name: Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 3B)

Reference: T. Nomokonova, R. J. Losey, A. Weber, O. I. Goriunova, and A. G. Novikov. 2011. Late Holocene subsistence practices among Cis-Baikal pastoralists, Siberia. Asian Perspectives 49(1):157-179 [ER 3368]
Geography
Country: Russia



Coordinate: 51° 51' N, 104° 53' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Holocene

Section: 3368

Unit number: 4

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.00337

Min Ma: 0.0026

Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)

Geography comments: Site is "located on the western shore of Lake Baikal" inside Pribaikalsky National Park (basis of coordinate)
"Two radiocarbon dates on charcoal from this layer produced ages of 2600 ± 145 (SOAN–6593; 900–540 B.C.) and 3370 ± 55 (SOAN–7148; 1740–1570 B.C.)"
"all dates calibrated using Calib 5.0.1, with margins of errors presented at 1 sigma"

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: bone tools,ceramics,hearths,stone tools,other artifacts

Habitat comments: "The small cove and shoreline near the site... feature extensive prehistoric rock art"
"Stratified Holocene habitation deposits are found throughout the floor of the short U-shaped valley backing the cove"
"Archaeological materials at Sagan-Zaba were discovered and excavated in the 1970s"
"cultural materials spanning from the Iron Age to the non-ceramic Neolithic were recovered" from these excavations

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,other small mammals,birds,fishes,snails

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 595 specimens

Sampling comments: "Modern field recovery and recording methods (e.g., sieving of all deposits over 3 mm mesh, flotation for botanical remains, detailed stratigraphic studies, and total station artifact mapping) were applied throughout all phases of excavation"
"fieldwork in 2006 involved testing the cove through augering and small excavation blocks"
"Two trenches totalling ∼67 m3 were excavated at the northeastern portion of the site in in 2007–2008"

Metadata
Sample number: 3729

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2021-05-06 15:53:59

Modified: 2023-04-29 02:48:54

Abundance distribution
20 species
7 singletons
total count 595
geometric series index: 35.8
Fisher's α: 3.991
geometric series k: 0.7280
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4961
Shannon's H: 1.2808
Good's u: 0.9882
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Equus spp.3
Cervus elaphus7142 kg browser-grazer
also 6 Cervidae indet.
Capreolus pygargus16
Bos spp.12
Ovis aries541 kg
also 22 Caprinae indet. and 39 Artiodactyla indet.
Capra aegagrus hircus122 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus"
Phoca sibirica416
Lutra lutra16.1 kg piscivore-carnivore
also 1 Carnivora indet.
Castor fiber1
Lepus timidus3
Urocitellus undulatus54
"Citellus undulatus"
Muridae indet.27
also 31 Rodentia indet.
Anas spp.1
Buteo cf. buteo124.0 g carnivore
also 6 Aves indet.
Thymallus arcticus1
Coregonus spp.8
also 363 Salmonidae indet.
Acipenser baerii baicalensis28
Leuciscus baicalensis1
also 1 Cyprinidae indet.
Perca fluviatilis5
also 141 Fish indet.
Mollusca indet.4
presumably snails