Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 2)
Reference: T. Nomokonova, R. J. Losey, A. Weber, O. I. Goriunova, and A. G. Novikov. 2011. Late Holocene subsistence practices among Cis-Baikal pastoralists, Siberia. Asian Perspectives 49(1):157-179 [ER 3368]
Geography
Country: Russia
Coordinate: 51° 51' N, 104° 53' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3368
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.00153
Age basis: radiocarbon (calibrated)
Geography comments: Site is "located on the western shore of Lake Baikal" inside Pribaikalsky National Park (basis of coordinate)
"One radiocarbon date of 1530 ± 90 (SOAN–6591; A.D. 430–600) was obtained on this level"
"all dates calibrated using Calib 5.0.1, with margins of errors presented at 1 sigma"
"One radiocarbon date of 1530 ± 90 (SOAN–6591; A.D. 430–600) was obtained on this level"
"all dates calibrated using Calib 5.0.1, with margins of errors presented at 1 sigma"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation
Archaeology: bone tools,ceramics,hearths,metal tools,other artifacts
Habitat comments: "The small cove and shoreline near the site... feature extensive prehistoric rock art"
"Stratified Holocene habitation deposits are found throughout the floor of the short U-shaped valley backing the cove"
"Archaeological materials at Sagan-Zaba were discovered and excavated in the 1970s"
"cultural materials spanning from the Iron Age to the non-ceramic Neolithic were recovered" from these excavations
"Stratified Holocene habitation deposits are found throughout the floor of the short U-shaped valley backing the cove"
"Archaeological materials at Sagan-Zaba were discovered and excavated in the 1970s"
"cultural materials spanning from the Iron Age to the non-ceramic Neolithic were recovered" from these excavations
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,marine mammals,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 329 specimens
Sampling comments: "Modern field recovery and recording methods (e.g., sieving of all deposits over 3 mm mesh, flotation for botanical remains, detailed stratigraphic studies, and total station artifact mapping) were applied throughout all phases of excavation"
"fieldwork in 2006 involved testing the cove through augering and small excavation blocks"
"Two trenches totalling ∼67 m3 were excavated at the northeastern portion of the site in in 2007–2008"
"fieldwork in 2006 involved testing the cove through augering and small excavation blocks"
"Two trenches totalling ∼67 m3 were excavated at the northeastern portion of the site in in 2007–2008"
Metadata
Sample number: 3727
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2021-05-06 12:25:01
Modified: 2023-04-29 02:48:58
Abundance distribution
14 species
5 singletons
total count 329
geometric series index: 26.4
Fisher's α: 2.968
geometric series k: 0.6924
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7451
Shannon's H: 1.6305
Good's u: 0.9848
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Register
| Equus spp. | 29 | |
| Cervus elaphus | 10 | 104 kg |
| also 10 Cervidae indet. | ||
| Capreolus pygargus | 54 | |
| Bos spp. | 97 | |
| Ovis aries | 7 | 41 kg |
| also 67 Caprinae indet. and 122 Artiodactyla indet. | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 4 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra hircus" | ||
| Phoca sibirica | 119 | |
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| also 1 Carnivora indet. | ||
| Marmota spp. | 1 | |
| Urocitellus undulatus | 2 | |
| "Citellus undulatus" | ||
| Muridae indet. | 2 | |
| also 14 Rodentia indet. | ||
| Thymallus arcticus | 1 | |
| also 29 Salmonidae indet. | ||
| Acipenser baerii baicalensis | 1 | |
| Esox lucius | 1 | |
| also 40 Fish indet. | ||