Cerro Baùl
Basic information
Sample name: Cerro Baùl

Reference: M. E. Moseley, D. J. Nash, P. R. Williams, S. D. deFrance, A. Miranda, and M. Ruales. 2005. Burning down the brewery: Establishing and evacuating an ancient imperial colony at Cerro Baùl, Peru. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102(48):17264-17271 [ER 3424]
Geography
Country: Peru



Coordinate: -17.116° S, -70.850° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Holocene

Max Ma: 0.001454

Min Ma: 0.0009

Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)

Geography comments: there are 25 uncalibrated 14C dates ranging from 1454 +/- 35 to 900 +/- 40 BP

Environment
Lithology: not described

Taphonomic context: human accumulation

Archaeology: buildings,burials,ceramics,hearths,stone tools,other artifacts

Habitat comments: there are extensive structures with lapidary work, pins, grinding stones, ceramic vats, pitchers, "six necklaces of shell and stone and a bracelet", stone flake tools, spindle whorls, weaving implements, bowls, jars, an infant buried in an urn, a buried adolescent, a drum, and cups plus abundant plant matter and "Thick floor deposits of ash"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds,lizards,frogs,fishes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 1239 specimens

Years: 1989, 1997, 1998, 2001

Sampling comments: "The Cerro Baùl assemblage reported here is from excavations conducted in 1989, 1997, 1998, and 2001. The faunal remains were collected by using either 1/16 inch (1.8 mm) mesh screen (Cerro Baùl 2001, Cerro Meija all excavations) or 1/8 inch mesh screen (3.5 mm) (Cerro Baùl 1989, 1997, 1998)"

Metadata
Sample number: 3805

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-12 08:49:21

Modified: 2021-06-11 22:49:21

Abundance distribution
28 species
11 singletons
total count 1239
geometric series index: 54.0
Fisher's α: 5.092
geometric series k: 0.7883
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7020
Shannon's H: 1.7053
Good's u: 0.9911
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Cavia porcellus616
Lagidium peruanum13
Sigmodontinae indet.12
Canis lupus familiaris5943 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Puma concolor149 kg carnivore
"Felis concolor": plus one "Felis" specimen
Lycalopex culpaeus18.0 kg invertivore-carnivore
"Pseudalopex culpaeus"
Lama cf. glama170
plus numerous camelids probably including Vicugna pacos
Hippocamelus antisensis3
Odocoileus virginianus1275 kg herbivore
Vultur gryphus212 kg carnivore
Nothoprocta cf. ornata1569 g frugivore
plus seven specimens of this genus
Columba maculosa9 frugivore
Zenaida auriculata19.4 g granivore-frugivore
Glaucidium cf. peruanum160.4 g
Muscisaxicola sp.1
compared to this genus
Squamates indet.29
"Lacertilia"
Rhinella cf. arequipensis3
"Bufo cf. arequipensis"
Isurus oxyrinchus1
Engraulidae indet.8
Clupeidae indet.82
Atherinidae indet.1
compared to this family
Carangidae indet.10
plus two specimens compared to this family
Cheilopogon sp.6
Labrisomus sp.1
Scartichthys sp.2
Sciaena deliciosa1
Trachurus murphyi192
Auxis sp.1