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

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: 3

Unit order: above to below

Max Ma: 0.002555

Min Ma: 0.001985

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 were produced on materials from this layer: 1985 ± 35 (SOAN–6592; 40–30 B.C.) and 2555 ± 90 (SOAN–7149; 810–700 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,metal tools,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: 282 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: 3728

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2021-05-06 14:29:50

Modified: 2023-04-29 02:48:56

Abundance distribution
19 species
5 singletons
total count 282
geometric series index: 32.0
Fisher's α: 4.598
geometric series k: 0.7694
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7882
Shannon's H: 2.0217
Good's u: 0.9823
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Equus spp.25
Alces cf. alces1421 kg herbivore
Cervus elaphus10104 kg
also 6 Cervidae indet.
Capreolus pygargus26
Bos spp.47
Ovis aries541 kg
also 58 Caprinae indet. and 97 Artiodactyla indet.
Phoca sibirica112
Martes zibellina1
Lepus timidus2
Urocitellus undulatus14
"Citellus undulatus"
Muridae indet.18
also 37 Rodentia indet.
Emberizidae indet.1
also 3 Aves indet.
Thymallus arcticus2
Coregonus spp.6
also 428 Salmonidae indet. and 107 Fish indet.
Acipenser baerii baicalensis5
Rutilus rutilus lacustris1
Leuciscus baicalensis3
Perca fluviatilis2
Mollusca indet.1
presumably snails