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: 10° 59' 42" N, 104° 58' 29" E
Coordinate 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

Metadata
Sample number: 4129

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

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

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

Abundance distribution
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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Sus scrofa530454 kg herbivore
Bos gaurus57481 kg
"Bos gaur"
Bos sp.277
"Bos taurus and Bos indicus"
Capricornis sumatraensis1
"Nemorhaedus sumatraensis"
Bubalus arnee79
Muntiacus muntjak19119 kg browser
Cervus unicolor118100 kg grazer-browser
Tragulus napu42.6 kg frugivore
Axis porcinus8135 kg grazer-browser
Rattus argentiventer361
Prionailurus viverrinus78.2 kg
Panthera sp.6
Paradoxurus sp.97
Callosciurus sp.39
Canis aureus349.9 kg carnivore-frugivore
Nesolagus sp.5
Vespertilionidae indet.53
"Corynorhinus" (certainly wrong)
Elephas maximus23711 kg grazer-browser
Gallus gallus13929.1 g frugivore-granivore
Ardea sp.25
Ardeola bacchus9332 g
Amaurornis phoenicurus7180 g omnivore
Pelecanus onocrotalus411 kg carnivore
Pavo sp.2
Carpospiza sp.2
tentatively referred
Rhizoprionodon acutus8
Channa striata3423
Channa micropeltes583
Clarias meladerma639
Mystus nemurus162
Mystus cf. wolffi64
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus41
Ompok bimaculatus1
Wallago attu29
Pristolepis fasciata14
Trichogaster trichoperus92
Trichogaster pectoralis13
Anabas testudineus1996
Cyclocheilichthys enoplos11
Cyprenus species18
Puntioplites proctozysron9
Boesemania microlepis7
Laides sp.4
tentatively referred
Chatila ornata4
Notopterus notopterus3
Lates calcarifer3
Lycothrissa crocodilus3
Euryglossa panoides1
Probarbus jullieni1
Monopterus albus115
Malayemys subtrijuga2448
Hieremys annandalii159
Batagur baska35
Amyda cartilaginea30
"Trionyx cartilaginous"
Indotestudo enlongata10
Ptyas sp.4
tentatively referred
Crocodylus siamensis4
Rana sp.2
Pomacea bridgesii387
Pila ampullaceal117
Alasmidonta sp.41
Turbo petholata30
Corbicula fluminea27
Venus verrucosa8
Melanoides tuberculata6
Tridacna gigas2
Arca granulosa1
Margaritifera margaritifera1
Cypraea sp.1