Contrada Castro (Period A)
Basic information
Sample name: Contrada Castro (Period A)
Reference: A. Castrorao Barba, C. Speciale, R. Miccichè, F. Pisciotta, C. Aleo Nero, P. Marino, and G. Bazan. 2021. The Sicilian countryside in the Early Middle Ages: human-environment interactions at Contrada Castro. Environmental Archaeology x:1-16 [ER 3828]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Palermo
Coordinate: 37.77° N, 13.30° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3828
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.0011
Min Ma: 0.00105
Age basis: other
Geography comments: estimated from satellite map based on Fig. 1
"late 8th-9th c. AD" based on a "typological study of the site" and on two confirming radiocarbon dates (only 1 sd ranges are given, and it is not clear if they are calibrated)
"late 8th-9th c. AD" based on a "typological study of the site" and on two confirming radiocarbon dates (only 1 sd ranges are given, and it is not clear if they are calibrated)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings,ceramics
Habitat comments: "a square building" with "pottery kilns" that yielded "production waste"
"35% of the identified elements bore evidence" of gnawing "likely caused by dogs" and there are also "dismembering marks made with large tools"
"35% of the identified elements bore evidence" of gnawing "likely caused by dogs" and there are also "dismembering marks made with large tools"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,birds
Sample size: 79 specimens
Years: 2017 - 2019
Sampling comments: full counts of plant species based on seeds and wood charcoal are also given
there are two infant burials below the Period A building structure, immediately predating it
there are two infant burials below the Period A building structure, immediately predating it
Metadata
Sample number: 4176
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-20 19:59:53
Modified: 2023-05-30 06:22:17
Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 79
geometric series index: 8.5
Fisher's α: 1.509
geometric series k: 0.4940
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6736
Shannon's H: 1.3220
Good's u: 0.9873
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| Bos taurus | 34 | 337 kg |
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 27 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus domesticus" | ||
| Ovis aries | 10 | 41 kg |
| also 53 indeterminate ovines | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 3 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Cervidae indet. | 1 | |
| Cervus or Dama | ||
| Gallus gallus | 4 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |