Muzhuzhuliang
Basic information
Sample name: Muzhuzhuliang

Sample aka: Shenmu

Reference: M.-M. Yang, S.-M. Hu, X. Guo, W. Wang, and T. Yang. 2022. Research on the faunal remains from Muzhuzhuliang Site in Shenmu city Shaanxi Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 41(3):394-405 [ER 3812]
Geography
Country: China

State: Shaanxi


Coordinate: 38.62° N, 109.99° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.003977

Min Ma: 0.003827

Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)

Geography comments: north of Muzhuzhuliang, about 3 km south of Yejihe Village, Dabaodang Town, Shenmu City
coordinate estimated based on projecting south from Yejihe Village
there is a calibrated radiocarbon date on an Equus ovodovi humerus of 3977 to 3827 BP

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,midden,settlement

Archaeology: buildings,burials,hearths,other structures

Habitat comments: a settlement with ring moats, house sites, tombs, ash pits
most of the specimens are from ash pits and house sites
73 specimens have burn marks, 6 specimens have rodent damage, and at least one has carnivore damage

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

Sample size: 2265 specimens

Years: 2011

Sampling comments: collecting methods are not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 4157

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-03-12 16:01:12

Modified: 2023-03-12 05:01:12

Abundance distribution
26 species
5 singletons
total count 2265
geometric series index: 39.5
Fisher's α: 4.120
geometric series k: 0.7717
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8089
Shannon's H: 1.9118
Good's u: 0.9978
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Pelodiscus sp.1
Accipiter sp.3
Aquila sp.14
Bubo bubo12.4 kg
Phasianus colchicus41.3 kg granivore
plus 8 indeterminate birds
Eospalax fontanierii5
"Myospalax fontanieri"
Rattus norvegicus1300 g
Lepus tolai108
Canis lupus familiaris17443 kg carnivore
"Canis lupus"
Canis lupus143 kg carnivore
Vulpes vulpes15.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Nyctereutes procyonoides24.2 kg invertivore-frugivore
Panthera tigris2168 kg carnivore
Mustela sibirica2557 g carnivore-invertivore
Meles leucurus36.0 kg
"Meles meles"
Equus hemionus10 grazer
Equus ovodovi59
Sus scrofa1254 kg herbivore
Sus scrofa domesticus48454 kg herbivore
"Sus domesticus"
Camelus sp.2
Capreolus pygargus17
"Capreolus capreolus"
Cervus elaphus4104 kg
plus 8 indeterminate Cervus
Bos taurus476337 kg
Capra aegagrus hircus22222 kg browser-grazer
"Capra hircus"
Ovis aries65141 kg
plus 733 indeterminate caprines
Gazella subgutturosa617 kg grazer