The Ecological Register: Dhar Tichitt Site 46

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ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Camelus' AND (junior_species='dromedarius' OR junior_species='dromedarius')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Camelus' AND (species='dromedarius' OR species='dromedarius') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Camelus' AND (junior_species='dromedarius' OR junior_species='dromedarius')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Camelus' AND (species='dromedarius' OR species='dromedarius') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippopotamus' AND (junior_species='amphibius' OR junior_species='amphibius')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='amphibius' OR species='amphibius') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippopotamus' AND (junior_species='amphibius' OR junior_species='amphibius')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Hippopotamus' AND (species='amphibius' OR species='amphibius') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippotragus' AND (junior_species='equinus' OR junior_species='equinus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Hippotragus' AND (species='equinus' OR species='equinus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Hippotragus' AND (junior_species='equinus' OR junior_species='equinus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Hippotragus' AND (species='equinus' OR species='equinus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Tragelaphus' AND (junior_species='sp.' 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ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Taurotragus' AND (junior_species='derbianus' OR junior_species='derbianus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Taurotragus' AND (species='derbianus' OR species='derbianus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Taurotragus' AND (species='derbianus' OR species='derbianus')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Taurotragus' AND (junior_species='derbianus' OR junior_species='derbianus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Taurotragus' AND (species='derbianus' OR species='derbianus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Equus' AND (junior_species='africanus' OR junior_species='africanus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Equus' AND (species='africanus' OR species='africanus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Equus' AND (junior_species='africanus' OR junior_species='africanus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Equus' AND (species='africanus' OR species='africanus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Nanger' AND (junior_species='dama' OR junior_species='dama')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Nanger' AND (species='dama' OR species='dama') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Nanger' AND (species='dama' OR species='dama')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Nanger' AND (junior_species='dama' OR junior_species='dama')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Nanger' AND (species='dama' OR species='dama') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Oryx' AND (junior_species='dammah' OR junior_species='dammah')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Oryx' AND (species='dammah' OR species='dammah') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Oryx' AND (species='dammah' OR species='dammah')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Oryx' AND (junior_species='dammah' OR junior_species='dammah')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Oryx' AND (species='dammah' OR species='dammah') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Addax' AND (junior_species='nasomaculatus' OR junior_species='nasomaculatus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Addax' AND (species='nasomaculatus' OR species='nasomaculatus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Addax' AND (species='nasomaculatus' OR species='nasomaculatus')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Addax' AND (junior_species='nasomaculatus' OR junior_species='nasomaculatus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Addax' AND (species='nasomaculatus' OR species='nasomaculatus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Antilopini' AND (junior_species='indet.' OR junior_species='indet.')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Antilopini' AND (species='indet.' OR species='indet.') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Antilopini' AND (species='indet.' OR species='indet.')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Antilopini' AND (junior_species='indet.' OR junior_species='indet.')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Antilopini' AND (species='indet.' OR species='indet.') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=3802 The Ecological Register: Dhar Tichitt Site 46

Dhar Tichitt Site 46

Basic information

Sample name: Dhar Tichitt Site 46

Reference: A. Holl. 1985. Subsistence patterns of the Dhar Tichitt Neolithic, Mauritania. African Archaeological Review 3:151-162 [ER 3417]

Geography

Country: Mauritania

Coordinate: 18° 22' N, 9° 13' W

Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Holocene

Ma: 0.00383

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: there are eight uncalibrated 14C dates ranging from 3850 +/- 250 to 2430 +/- 80 bp at Site 38, plus one thermolumiscence date of 3400 bp with no error
there is one uncalibrated 14C date of 3830 +/- 120 bp at Site 46

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Environment

Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: ceramics,stone tools

Habitat comments: Site 38 is "on the edge of the escarpment of the sandstone cliff" and Site 46 is "in the sandy interdunal depressions"
200 "dry-stone structures" in an area of 600 x 200 m are present at Site 38 but there are none at Site 46
Site 46 "yielded bones as well as stone and ceramic artifacts" but these are not discussed with respect to Site 38

Methods

Life forms: ungulates

Sampling methods: surface

Sample size: 46 specimens

Years: 1980, 1981

Sampling comments: bones were "recovered from excavations in site 38" and "systematically collected from site 46" at the surface

Metadata

Sample number: 3802

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-11 12:42:44

Modified: 2021-06-11 02:45:53

Abundance distribution

12 species

0 singletons

total count 46

extrapolated richness: 18.9

Fisher's α: 5.278

geometric series k: 0.8497

Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8676

Shannon's H: 2.2653

Good's u: 1.0000

Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.

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Register

Bos sp.	5
Caprinae indet.	2
Ovis or Capra
Camelus dromedarius	2	448 kg
Hippopotamus amphibius	2	1107 kg grazer
Hippotragus equinus	6	246 kg grazer
Tragelaphus sp.	2
Taurotragus derbianus	2
Equus africanus asinus	2	287 kg
"Equus asinus"
Nanger dama	2
"Gazella dama"
Oryx dammah	5
"Oryx algazel"
Addax nasomaculatus	4
Antilopini indet.	12
"Gazella sp.": dorcas and rufifrons