Godedzor Level II C
Basic information
Sample name: Godedzor Level II C
Reference: G. Palumbi, I. Kalantaryan, A. Balasescu, O. Barge, J. Chahoud, R. Hovsepyan, K. Meliksetian, P. Avetisyan, and C. Chataigner. 2021. Early pastoralism and natural resource management: recent research at Godedzor. In On Salt, Copper and Gold: The Origins of Early Mining and Metallurgy in the Caucasus (eds. C. Marro, T. Stöllner), pp. [ER 3944]
Geography
Country: Armenia
Coordinate: 39° 29' N, 46° 8' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.004767
Min Ma: 0.004655
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in the valley of the Vorotan river... on the high volcanic plateau of Syunik" (coordinate based on Vorotan)
six uncalibrated 14C dates on this level range from 4767 +/- 45 to 4655 +/- 45 BP
six uncalibrated 14C dates on this level range from 4767 +/- 45 to 4655 +/- 45 BP
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: ceramics,other structures
Habitat comments: "a series of pits and sporadic postholes... abundant charred seeds were found and in one of them some fragments of fired clay sealings bearing the imprint of textiles and of a rope that most probably sealed a ceramic container "
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 423 specimens
Years: 2008 - 2013
Sampling comments: "a sieving test of 40 litres of sediments was conducted during the season of 2013" (level unclear) but the excavation of "animal remains" was from 2008 to 2013 overall
Metadata
Sample number: 4348
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-22 21:54:03
Modified: 2023-08-23 03:20:40
Abundance distribution
16 species
3 singletons
total count 423
geometric series index: 24.4
Fisher's α: 3.289
geometric series k: 0.6857
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5234
Shannon's H: 1.3301
Good's u: 0.9929
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| plus 8 Bos and 79 Bos or Bison | ||
| Ovis aries | 32 | 41 kg |
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 17 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus": plus 552 Ovis or Capra | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 2 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus domesticus": plus 12 Sus | ||
| Canis lupus familiaris | 20 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Ovis sp. | 1 | |
| "wild" | ||
| Capra sp. | 2 | |
| "wild": plus 16 Ovis or Capra "wild" | ||
| Sus scrofa | 9 | 54 kg herbivore |
| †Bos primigenius | 7 | |
| Bison bonasus | 5 | |
| "Bison bison" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 28 | 142 kg browser-grazer |
| plus 1 cervid "antler" | ||
| Canis lupus | 3 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Vulpes vulpes | 5 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Meles meles | 1 | 10 kg invertivore-herbivore |
| Mustelidae indet. | 3 | |
| Castor fiber | 1 | |