Berenike Trogodytika (tower)
Basic information
Sample name: Berenike Trogodytika (tower)
Reference: M. Osypinska and M. Wozniak. 2019. Livestock economy at Berenike, a Hellenistic city on the Red Sea (Egypt). African Archaeological Review 36:367-382 [ER 3832]
Geography
Country: Egypt
Coordinate: 23° 54' 31" N, 35° 28' 21" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Max Ma: 0.0017
Min Ma: 0.00165
Age basis: other
Geography comments: coordinate based on Berenice Troglodytica
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"
"The chronology of some Hellenistic structures was determined from coins and pottery. These finds indicate the second half of the third century BC as the peak of settlement activity"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: "the remains of a corner tower in the northern courtyard of the 'fort'"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 16 specimens
Years: 2010 - 2018
Sampling comments: fishes and molluscs were collected but are not detailed
Metadata
Sample number: 4182
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-24 18:19:15
Modified: 2023-03-24 07:25:05
Abundance distribution
3 species
0 singletons
total count 16
extrapolated richness: 3.8
Fisher's α: 1.090
geometric series k: 0.6124
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5917
Shannon's H: 1.0239
Good's u: 1.0000
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